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Say their suffering is mania (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hysteria

'mania' is the definition.
(I know that hysteria is a type of mania)

'say their suffering' is the wordplay.
'suffering' indicates anagramming the letters.
'say'+'their'='saytheir'
'saytheir' anagrammed gives 'HYSTERIA'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for hysteria that I've seen before include "Psychoneurotic condition" , "display of wild emotion" , "highly emotional state" , "neurotic disorder" , "Mental disturbance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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