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See alms distributed for illness (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

measles

'for illness' is the definition.
(measles is a kind of illness)

'see alms distributed' is the wordplay.
'distributed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'see'+'alms'='seealms'
'seealms' anagrammed gives 'MEASLES'.

(Other definitions for measles that I've seen before include "Rubeola" , "Children's viral disease" , "Morbilli is technical term for this illness" , "Disease suffered in childhood" , "Disease where spots may be seen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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