The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPLEEN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SPLEEN
- Bad temper noticed around place
- Ill humour observed, consuming discontented chum
- Case for pedal stops considered for organ
- Revolutionary records in French involving electronic organ
- Its disorder brings troubled sleep to the north
- Organ spotted outside public library
- Rage noticed when touring Poland
- Hot temper witnessed outside Public Library
- Melancholy, soon losing heart outside entrance to Papworth General
- Le Pen’s diseased 12
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The straight part
We know that "Ill humour" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ill humour = spleen.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SPLEEN mean?
SPLEEN noun- In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
- (except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
- A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
- Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- To dislike.