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Painful muscle contraction (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cramp

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">painful muscle contraction</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for cramp that I've seen before include "Muscular spasm, very painful" , "Involuntary and painful contraction of a muscle" , "Painful muscle problem" , "Confine - muscular spasm" , "restraint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, the Family Time, the Irish Times (Simplex), The Mirror and The Times.
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