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Unease of party male built up defence (10)

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discomfort

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

'party male built up defence' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'disco' (dance party).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'built up defence' becomes 'fort' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'disco'+'m'+'fort'='DISCOMFORT'

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(Other definitions for discomfort that I've seen before include "Unease" , "tenderness?" , "uneasiness" , "pain" , "Slight anxiety" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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