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Heart in trouble after lung treated — not appreciative (10)

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I believe the answer is:

ungrateful

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'not appreciative' is the definition.
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'heart in trouble after lung treated' is the wordplay.
'heart in' means to look at the middle letters.
'treated' is an anagram indicator.
The middle of 'trouble' is 'u'.
'after'+'lung'='afterlung'
'afterlung' with letters rearranged gives 'ngrateful'.
'u'+'ngrateful'='UNGRATEFUL'

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(Other definitions for ungrateful that I've seen before include "Disagreeable" , "Thankless" , "no thanks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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