It's a real pain! (8)

I believe the answer is:

headache

(Other definitions for headache that I've seen before include "Cause of worry/trouble" , "A pain in the brain" , "Informally a worrying problem - take an asprin" , "Major problem" , "Serious problem?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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