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Leader of sheep taught under pressure (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strained

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

'leader of sheep taught' is the wordplay.
'leader of' says to take the initial letters.
'taught' becomes 'trained' (training is a kind of teaching).
The initial letter of 'sheep' is 's'.
's'+'trained'='STRAINED'

(Other definitions for strained that I've seen before include "Awkward" , "pushed to the limit?" , "Not relaxed; laboured" , "Filtered" , "Under stress or lacking spontaneity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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