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Feel pain during kinky sex with American boss (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sachem

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'american boss' is the definition.
'sachem' can be an answer for 'boss' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'american' bit.

'feel pain during kinky sex' is the wordplay.
'feel pain' becomes 'ache' (I've seen this in another clue).
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'kinky sex' becomes 'sm' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ache' put into 'sm' is 'SACHEM'.

'with' is the link.

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(Another definition for sachem that I've seen is " chief".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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