Any elementary particle capable of taking part in a strong nuclear interaction (6)

I believe the answer is:

hadron

(Other definitions for hadron that I've seen before include "The Collider at Cern" , "A tiny thing" , "Tiniest thing" , "Large -- Collider" , "Subatomic particle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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