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Swelling troubling your eyelid, primarily (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stye

'swelling' is the definition.
(stye is a kind of swelling)

'troubling your eyelid primarily' is the wordplay.
'troubling' becomes 'st' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'primarily' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'your eyelid' is 'ye'.
'st'+'ye'='STYE'

(Other definitions for stye that I've seen before include "Ocular inflammation" , "nasty spot" , "Inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid" , "Eyelid problem" , "Viewer's complaint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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