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Tsar’s egg addled, leading to complaint (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

staggers

'complaint' is the definition.
(medical complaint in farm animals)

'tsar's egg addled' is the wordplay.
'addled' is an anagram indicator.
'tsars'+'egg'='tsarsegg'
'tsarsegg' is an anagram of 'STAGGERS'.

'leading to' is the link.

(Other definitions for staggers that I've seen before include "is shocking" , "causes amazement" , "Disease on farm" , "is astonishing" , "Reels about like gagsters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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