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Nasty teacher -- ah, grief! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heartache

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

'nasty teacher ah' is the wordplay.
'nasty' is an anagram indicator.
'teacher'+'ah'='teacherah'
'teacherah' with letters rearranged gives 'HEARTACHE'.

(Other definitions for heartache that I've seen before include "Great sadness" , "Suffering" , "mental anguish!" , "Emotional anguish" , "it gives rise to anguish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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