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Gold trade suffering (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordeal

'suffering' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'gold trade' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'trade' becomes 'deal' ('deal' can be a synonym of 'trade').
'or'+'deal'='ORDEAL'

(Other definitions for ordeal that I've seen before include "Difficult and testing experience" , "Long painful experience" , "Disturbing experience" , "severe test shows" , "Ancient form of trial" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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