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Cheer AA after breakdown causing pain (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earache

'pain' is the definition.
(I know that earache is a type of ache)

'cheer aa after breakdown' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'breakdown' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cheer'+'aa'='cheeraa'
'cheeraa' with letters rearranged gives 'EARACHE'.

'causing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for earache that I've seen before include "Form of torture" , "Pain in aural organ" , "Pain in an aural appendage" , "pain (from hairdryer treatment?)" , "sort of pain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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