In a language accessible to a few — hence pride may be hurt (10)

I believe the answer is:

enciphered

'in a language accessible to a few' is the definition.
(in a cipher which few people can decipher)

'hence pride may be hurt' is the wordplay.
'may be hurt' is an anagram indicator (the order of letters is damaged).
'hence'+'pride'='hencepride'
'hencepride' with letters rearranged gives 'ENCIPHERED'.

(Another definition for enciphered that I've seen is " were scrambling?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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