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Complaint when her pint is spilt (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nephritis

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

'her pint is spilt' is the wordplay.
'spilt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'her'+'pint'+'is'='herpintis'
'herpintis' anagrammed gives 'NEPHRITIS'.

'when' is the link.

(Other definitions for nephritis that I've seen before include "kidney complaint" , "Inflammation of the kidneys" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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