The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ECZEMA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ECZEMA
- MacKenzie’s poorly, shedding skin, due to this?
- Complaint by phone company, maintaining Czech Republic to a degree
- Spots city maze complex
- Head of ENT came prepared to contain unknown skin disease
- Cheesy starter in a Greek dish served up that brings one out in a rash
- Clumsy Mackenzie spills ink and gets inflammation on the skin
- Eastern Czech master has a bit of epidermal dermatitis
- Dined on Meze with little chili, got a skin infection
- Irritated chimpanzee drops hot pin resulting in skin problem
- Mackenzie’s treated skin with this
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The straight part
We know that "Complaint" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case complaint = eczema.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ECZEMA mean?
ECZEMA noun- A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.