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Overhear a chess piece making difficulty for listeners (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earache

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'difficulty for listeners' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'overhear a chess piece' is the wordplay.
'piece' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'EARACHE' is hidden in the letters of 'overhear a chess'.

'making' is the link.

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(Other definitions for earache that I've seen before include "may involve hammer and anvil" , "listener's discomfort" , "Ace hare (anag.)" , "Pain in an aural appendage" , "Otalgia" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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