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Stress over work? Quite the opposite (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

underline

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'stress' is the definition.
(I know that underline is a more specific form of the action stress)

'over work? quite the opposite' is the wordplay.
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'work?' becomes 'line' (line can mean someone's line of work).
'quite the opposite' becomes 'under' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'line' put after 'under' is 'UNDERLINE'.

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(Other definitions for underline that I've seen before include "Method of showing emphasis in writing" , "To show emphasis in writing" , "Reinforce" , "Emphasise with horizontal drawing" , "Call attention to - highlight" .)

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