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Singular spicy dishes can give you runs (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scurries

'runs' is the definition.
(scurrying is a kind of running)

'singular spicy dishes' is the wordplay.
'singular' becomes 's' (abbreviation sometimes used in dictionaries).
'spicy dishes' becomes 'curries'.
's'+'curries'='SCURRIES'

'can give you' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scurries that I've seen before include "Moves hurriedly in cruisers" , "Scampers" , "runs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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