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Suffer; am misusing anti-cold and noise protection (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ear muffs

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'anti-cold and noise protection' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'suffer am misusing' is the wordplay.
'misusing' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'misuse' mean this).
'suffer'+'am'='sufferam'
'sufferam' is an anagram of 'EAR-MUFFS'.

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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