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Breaking rule again? Such a pain (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neuralgia

'such a pain' is the definition.
(neuralgia is a kind of pain)

'breaking rule again?' is the wordplay.
'breaking' is an anagram indicator.
'rule'+'again'='ruleagain'
'ruleagain' anagrammed gives 'NEURALGIA'.

(Other definitions for neuralgia that I've seen before include "illness" , "Acute pain of the nerves" , "intermittent pain" , "Pain from damaged nerve" , "Shooting pains" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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