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Woman's mood is a disease (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

distemper

'disease' is the definition.
(distemper is a kind of health problem)

'woman's mood' is the wordplay.
'woman's' becomes 'dis' (Di is short for Diana).
'mood' becomes 'temper' (temper is one's mood or state of mind).
'dis'+'temper'='DISTEMPER'

'is a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for distemper that I've seen before include "that's bad for kennels" , "Paint; disease of dogs" , "viral illness" , "Paint; canine disease" , "Viral infection < found in lab" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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