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Upset a girl and suffered (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ailed

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'suffered' is the definition.
(ailing is a kind of suffering)

'upset a girl' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'upset' could be 'ail' (I've seen this before) and 'ail' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ailed that I've seen before include "Became sick" , "Was unwell" , "Felt bad" , "Didn't feel well" , "was giving trouble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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