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Article on drink: a cause of pain (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angina

'cause of pain' is the definition.
(angina is a type of chest pain)

'article on drink a' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (English indefinite article).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'drink' becomes 'gin' (gin is an alcoholic drink).
'an'+'gin'+'a'='ANGINA'

(Other definitions for angina that I've seen before include "Sudden cardiac pain" , "Heart ailment" , "Painful heart complaint." , "Cardiac complaint" , "chest complaint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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