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Reacting badly to display of ill grace (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allergic

'reacting badly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'of ill grace' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates anagramming the letters (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'ill'+'grace'='illgrace'
'illgrace' anagrammed gives 'ALLERGIC'.

'to display' is the link.

(Other definitions for allergic that I've seen before include "Vulnerable or sensitive to, perhaps pollen" , "Hypersensitive (to certain substances)" , "Having an adverse reaction (to something)" , "Reacting badly (to something)" , "Reacting badly to certain things" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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