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Painful exertion (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

travail

(Other definitions for travail that I've seen before include "Painful labour" , "Painful or laborious effort, like childbirth" , "Use of physical or mental energy; excessive labour..." , "Labour, toil" , "Toil - anguish" .)

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