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Cool guy has to accept workplace injury, getting emotional relief (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catharsis

'emotional relief' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cool guy has to accept workplace injury' is the wordplay.
'cool guy' becomes 'cat' (slang term for a cool guy).
'to accept' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'workplace injury' becomes 'RSI' (repetitive strain injury).
'has' going around 'rsi' is 'harsis'.
'cat'+'harsis'='CATHARSIS'

'getting' is the link.

(Other definitions for catharsis that I've seen before include "relief of tensions" , "Emotional purge" , "The release of pent-up emotions" , "Purification - is rash act (anag)" , "emotional relief" .)

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