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There's inflammation and it's a bit blue (7)

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I believe the answer is:

whitlow

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'there's inflammation and' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'a bit blue' is the wordplay.
'a bit' becomes 'whit'.
'blue' becomes 'low' (both can mean sad).
'whit'+'low'='WHITLOW'

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for whitlow that I've seen before include "Inflammation of finger" , "Small abscess under a nail" , "Problem to hand" , "Painful inflammation beside nail" , "gathering" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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