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Was sick girl coming back? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ailed

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

'girl coming back?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'girl' could be 'aile' and 'aile' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ailed that I've seen before include "Became sick" , "Delia (anag.)" , "Troubled" , "was giving trouble" , "Was unwell" .)

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