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This German concoction may give you bad dreams (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nightmares

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'bad dreams' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'this german concoction' is the wordplay.
'concoction' indicates an anagram.
'this'+'german'='thisgerman'
'thisgerman' anagrammed gives 'NIGHTMARES'.

'may give you' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for nightmares that I've seen before include "Bad dreams" , "Dreads" , "trials" .)

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