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Trouble of small island accommodating large fellows (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ailment

'trouble' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'small island accommodating large fellows' is the wordplay.
'small island' becomes 'ait' (an ait is a small island in a river).
'accommodating' indicates putting letters inside.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'fellows' becomes 'men' (fellow can mean a man).
'l'+'men'='lmen'
'ait' enclosing 'lmen' is 'AILMENT'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for ailment that I've seen before include "Tummy upset, for instance" , "Complaint, affliction" , "Tim Alen has an odd indisposition." , "problem" , "Bodily disorder or disease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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