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Cause of great distress (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bane

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">cause of great distress</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for bane that I've seen before include "Cause of distress, ruin" , "Cause of great distress, rhymes with rule" , "Cause of trouble or worry, like bean" , "Cause of trouble or anxiety" , "A fatal poison" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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