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Pain that remains after losing heart? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ache

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'pain' is the definition.
(ache is a kind of pain)

'remains after losing heart?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'heart?' could be 'h' (card game abbreviation) and 'h' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ace' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'that' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ache that I've seen before include "Long ? pain" , "Take an aspirin for it" , "A dull lingering pain" , "Nagging pain" , "Play up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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