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Sign is poor after treatment, having caught cold (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scorpio

'sign' is the definition.
(sign of the zodiac)

'is poor after treatment having caught cold' is the wordplay.
'after treatment' indicates anagramming the letters (letters treated or processed in a new way).
'having caught' is an insertion indicator.
'cold' becomes 'C' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'is'+'poor'='ispoor'
'ispoor' anagrammed gives 'sorpio'.
'sorpio' enclosing 'c' is 'SCORPIO'.

(Other definitions for scorpio that I've seen before include "7 [SIGN OF THE ZODIAC]" , "A heavenly body" , "Oct - Nov zodiac sign" , "Oct-Nov zodiac sign" , "Astrological sign" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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