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Network is back on, causing stress (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tension

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'stress' is the definition.
(I know that stress can be written as tension)

'network is back on' is the wordplay.
'network' becomes 'ten' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'is' backwards is 'si'.
'ten'+'si'+'on'='TENSION'

'causing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tension that I've seen before include "anxious state" , "Stretched, uneasy, condition" , "State of strain or suspense" , "The effect of force exerted in or on something" , "Mental or emotional strain" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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