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This will cause ill-health - Dianas needing relaxation (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disease

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'this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'ill-health dianas needing relaxation' is the wordplay.
'ill health dianas' becomes 'dis' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'needing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'relaxation' becomes 'ease' (synonyms).
'dis'+'ease'='DISEASE'

'will cause' is the link.

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(Other definitions for disease that I've seen before include "affection" , "Contagion" , "scrapie for example" , "scurvy?" , "Sickness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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