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Paroxysm (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spasm

'paroxysm' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for spasm that I've seen before include "Involuntary muscular movement" , "sudden movement" , "Sudden muscular contraction" , "Sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle" , "Burst" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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