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Daughter and I emphasise pain (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

distress

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

'daughter and i emphasise' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'emphasise' becomes 'stress' (synonyms).
'd'+'i'+'stress'='DISTRESS'

(Other definitions for distress that I've seen before include "Deep anxiety" , "Extreme pain, poverty" , "Extreme anxiety or pain" , "Extreme sorrow or pain" , "Suffering, worry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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