The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word THE BENDS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result THE BENDS
- To start with, Nicomachus died in his home with painful sickness
- Overly fast surface makes these corners dangerous
- Condition not welcomed by those returned from down under
- Old city state’s admitted sickness
- In ancient city, last bits in pension fund suffering when going under?
- Article by mainly crooked policeman causing deep concern
- Sickness with no date recorded in ancient city
- Complaint of one getting up too early in the main?
- Rising complaint from new leader of distinction in ancient city
- Crazy to go round this small danger when diving
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The straight part
We know that "suffering when going under?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case suffering when going under? = the bends.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.