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A place selling cheese in turn got in a bad way (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ailed

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'bad way' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'a place selling cheese in turn got in a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'got' could be 'led' (leading is a kind of getting) and 'led' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'i' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ailed that I've seen before include "Delia (anag.)" , "was on the blink?" , "Became sick" , "Felt bad" , "Was unwell" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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