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Reveal terrible pain is constant (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

everlasting

'is constant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'reveal terrible pain' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates an anagram.
'pain' becomes 'sting' (sting is a kind of pain**).
'reveal' is an anagram of 'everla'.
'everla'+'sting'='EVERLASTING'

(Other definitions for everlasting that I've seen before include "describes Wonka's gobstoppers" , "Timeless" , "Unending" , "Eternal" , "Unceasing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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