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Army officer in charge is a pain (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

colic

'pain' is the definition.
(colic is a kind of pain)

'army officer in charge' is the wordplay.
'army officer' becomes 'col' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in charge' becomes 'ic'.
'col'+'ic'='COLIC'

'is a' is the link.

(Other definitions for colic that I've seen before include "Severe abdominal pain" , "Intestinal infection" , "unpleasant gut feeling" , "Abdominal spasm" , "Early pain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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