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Complaining about the rain - sick of it (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

railing

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'complaining' is the definition.
(railing is a kind of complaining)

'the rain sick of it' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'sick' could be 'ailing' (similar in meaning) and 'ailing' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'about' is the link.

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(Other definitions for railing that I've seen before include "Complaining bitterly - barrier" , "Using abusive language" , "Annoying" , "barrier appears" , "complaints procedure?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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