Cryptic crossword clue
Troubled when TV cook returns 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AILED

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What does AILED mean?

AILED verb
  1. To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  2. To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

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