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Bloody female constantly making complaint (7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scarlet fever

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'complaint' is the definition.
(scarlet fever is a kind of health problem)

'bloody female constantly' is the wordplay.
'bloody' becomes 'scarlet' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'constantly' becomes 'ever' (I've seen this before).
'scarlet'+'f'+'ever'='SCARLET FEVER'

'making' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scarlet fever that I've seen before include "Infectious disease of children" , "Infectious disease producing rash" , "Disease causing rash" , "complaint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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