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Reputation for enjoying poor health? (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ill fame

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'reputation' is the definition.
(ill fame is a kind of reputation)

'enjoying poor health?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'poor' could be 'ill' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ill' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fame' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ill fame that I've seen before include "bad reputation" , "Disrepute" , "celebrity of sorts" , "A house of . . . . . . . is a brothel" , "notoriety" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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