Making fencer, Neil, fuss, I somehow feel pain without saying anything (6,2,7)

I believe the answer is:

suffer in silence

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'somehow feel pain without saying anything' is the definition.
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'making fencer neil fuss i' is the wordplay.
'making' indicates anagramming the letters.
'fencer'+'neil'+'fuss'+'i'='fencerneilfussi'
'fencerneilfussi' with letters rearranged gives 'SUFFER IN SILENCE'.

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(Other definitions for suffer in silence that I've seen before include "endure pain without complaining" , "Someone with tinnitus can't" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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