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City hospital treated suffering due to scabies? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

itchy

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'suffering due to scabies?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'city hospital treated' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'treated' indicates an anagram.
'city'+'h'='cityh'
'cityh' anagrammed gives 'ITCHY'.

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(Other definitions for itchy that I've seen before include "Unable to relax" , "Tingling - desirous" , "Requiring a scratch" , "Feeling as if one wants to scratch" , "Have . . . . . feet - be restless, want to travel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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