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Nasal problem? Suggestion is provided about one after runs (8)

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I believe the answer is:

rhinitis

'nasal problem?' is the definition.

'suggestion is provided about one after runs' is the wordplay.
'suggestion' becomes 'hint' (hint is a kind of suggestion**).
'provided about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'hint'+'is'='hintis'
'hintis' going around 'i' is 'hinitis'.
'hinitis' after 'r' is 'RHINITIS'.

(Other definitions for rhinitis that I've seen before include "trouble with the beak" , "nasal affliction" , "I hint, sir, about a nose inflammation" , "Inflammation of the lining of the nose" , "Nasal inflammation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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