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Tom's angina produced by bad blood (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antagonism

'bad blood' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tom's angina produced' is the wordplay.
'produced' indicates an anagram.
'toms'+'angina'='tomsangina'
'tomsangina' with letters rearranged gives 'ANTAGONISM'.

'by' is the link.

(Other definitions for antagonism that I've seen before include "Active opposition" , "Active hostility" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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