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Storing wood — it's a pain collecting it (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stashing

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'storing' is the definition.

'wood it's a pain collecting it' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'wood' could be 'ash' (wood from an ash tree) and 'ash' is found within the answer.
'pain' could be 'sting' (sting is a kind of pain) and 'sting' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for stashing that I've seen before include "Storing in a secret place" , "Stowing away" , "stocking, secretly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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