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Say what many diseases end in: being no better? (4,2,2,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

such as it is

'being no better?' is the definition.
('such as it is' is used to call something poor)

'say what many diseases end in' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'suchas'.
'what many diseases end in' becomes 'itis' (common suffix in the names of illnesses).
'suchas'+'itis'='SUCH AS IT IS'

(Another definition for such as it is that I've seen is " For what it's worth".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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