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Painful muscle contraction (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cramp

'painful muscle contraction' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for cramp that I've seen before include "Muscular spasm, very painful" , "Involuntary and painful contraction of a muscle" , "Painful muscle problem" , "Confine - muscular spasm" , "restraint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, the Irish Times (Simplex), The Times, the Family Time and The Mirror.
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