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Extra stress (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emphasis

(Other definitions for emphasis that I've seen before include "Stress laid on, eg, words" , "Stress or significance" , "Stress, accentuation" , "Accentutation" , "Stress given to a word" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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