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Playmaker's chronic complaint over Everton's wingers (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ibsen

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'playmaker's' is the definition.
(playwright Henrik Ibsen)

'chronic complaint over everton's wingers' is the wordplay.
'chronic complaint over' becomes 'ibs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wingers' suggests removing the centre (letters on the edges or wings of the word).
'everton' with its middle removed is 'en'.
'ibs'+'en'='IBSEN'

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(Other definitions for ibsen that I've seen before include "Norwegian author of 'Peer Gynt' etc" , "Linesman" , "See 7 Down" , "Norwegian dramatist, Henrik (1828-1906)" , "Playmaker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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