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Expression of pain in difficult Post novel (7,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

howards end

'novel' is the definition.
(novel by EM Forster)

'expression of pain in difficult post' is the wordplay.
'expression of pain' becomes 'ow'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'difficult' becomes 'hard' (associated in meaning).
'post' becomes 'send' (synonyms).
'ow' put into 'hard' is 'howard'.
'howard'+'send'='HOWARDS END'

(Other definitions for howards end that I've seen before include "Novel by E.M.Forster" , "E. M. Forster novel" , "7 13 [VANESSA REDGRAVE] was in this" , "E.M. Forster novel" , "Book by E.M. Forster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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