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Difficult to dismiss source of regret in a draw (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tying

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'a draw' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'difficult to dismiss source of regret in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tyg' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tying that I've seen before include "Scoring the same" , "Restricting" , "lacing" , "Linking" , "Binding, fastening" .)

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