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Sense of grievance private soldier voiced (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rancour

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'sense of grievance' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both feelings as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'private soldier voiced' is the wordplay.
'private soldier' becomes 'ranker' (I've seen this before).
'voiced' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'ranker' is a homophone of 'RANCOUR'.

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(Other definitions for rancour that I've seen before include "Malicious hostility" , "Feeling of bitterness or dislike" , "Malice" , "Spiteful ill-feeling" , "Acrimony" .)

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