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Ordered ales again for pain relief (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

analgesia

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

'ordered ales again' is the wordplay.
'ordered' is an anagram indicator.
'ales'+'again'='alesagain'
'alesagain' anagrammed gives 'ANALGESIA'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for analgesia that I've seen before include "painless" , "Absence of pain" , "No hard feelings" , "Painlessness" , "result of medication?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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