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Nothing found in peculiar wells - what's the point in being inflamed? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swollen

'being inflamed?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'nothing found in peculiar wells what's the point' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'found in' indicates putting letters inside.
'peculiar' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'what's the point' becomes 'n' (N is an example).
'wells' with letters rearranged gives 'swlle'.
'o' put inside 'swlle' is 'swolle'.
'swolle'+'n'='SWOLLEN'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for swollen that I've seen before include "Enlarged" , "Bulging" , "Sell now (anag)" , "Puffed up" , "Inflated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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