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Twisted spine is odd being laid up (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indisposed

'laid up' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'twisted spine is odd' is the wordplay.
'twisted' indicates an anagram.
'spine'+'is'+'odd'='spineisodd'
'spineisodd' with letters rearranged gives 'INDISPOSED'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for indisposed that I've seen before include "Slightly unwell" , "Out of sorts" , "Poorly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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