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Angled face hides endless suffering (8)

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I believe the answer is:

diagonal

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'angled' is the definition.
(at a diagonal angle)

'face hides endless suffering' is the wordplay.
'face' becomes 'dial' (face of a clock).
'hides' indicates putting letters inside.
'endless suffering' becomes 'agon' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'dial' going around 'agon' is 'DIAGONAL'.

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(Other definitions for diagonal that I've seen before include "On a slope" , "Slanting line joining two opposite corners" , "bishop moves here" , "bishop controls it" , "Slanting, from corner to corner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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