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Tablet has no power with head ailment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

illness

'ailment' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tablet has no power with head' is the wordplay.
'tablet' becomes 'pill' ('pill' can be a synonym of 'tablet').
'has no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'power' becomes 'p'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland**).
'pill' with 'p' taken out is 'ill'.
'ill'+'ness'='ILLNESS'

(Other definitions for illness that I've seen before include "Malady, sickness" , "Sick condition" , "Indisposition, sickness" , "Complaint" , "suffering this" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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