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Burden being married troubles character (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

millstone

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'burden' is the definition.
(millstone is a kind of burden)

'married troubles character' is the wordplay.
'married troubles' becomes 'mills' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'character' becomes 'tone' (I've seen this before).
'mills'+'tone'='MILLSTONE'

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for millstone that I've seen before include "Grinding disc; wearisome burden" , "Heavy and inescapable responsibility" , "Heavy burden" , "something hard to bear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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