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Sharply painful (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stingy

(Other definitions for stingy that I've seen before include "Mean, ungenerous" , "Wasps are" , "Mean, tight" , "near" , "'Mean, miserly (6)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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