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Amusing trait strangely causing great distress (12)

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I believe the answer is:

traumatising

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'causing great distress' is the definition.
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'amusing trait strangely' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'amusing'+'trait'='amusingtrait'
'amusingtrait' with letters rearranged gives 'TRAUMATISING'.

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(Another definition for traumatising that I've seen is " Causing lasting shock".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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