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Start of powerful big film about Troy, not gut-wrenching (6)

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peptic

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'not gut-wrenching' is the definition.
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'start of powerful big film about troy' is the wordplay.
'start of' suggests taking the first letters.
'big film' becomes 'epic'.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'troy' becomes 't' (abbreviation - troy is a unit of weight).
The first letter of 'powerful' is 'p'.
'epic' going around 't' is 'eptic'.
'p'+'eptic'='PEPTIC'

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(Other definitions for peptic that I've seen before include "of the digestive system" , "may be aiding digestion" , "Relating to digestion - kind of ulcer" , "Of digestion, and a related ulcer" , "This ulcer is in the stomach or duodenum" .)

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