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Playing upon a mine produces complaint (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pneumonia

'complaint' is the definition.
(pneumonia is a kind of disease)

'playing upon a mine' is the wordplay.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'upon'+'a'+'mine'='uponamine'
'uponamine' with letters rearranged gives 'PNEUMONIA'.

'produces' is the link.

(Other definitions for pneumonia that I've seen before include "Inflammation of the lung" , "Piano menu? (anag)" , "ailment" , "Inflammation of the lungs" , "complaint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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