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Stuff given to priest for pain? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cramp

'pain?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'stuff given to priest' is the wordplay.
'stuff' becomes 'cram' (cramming is a kind of stuffing**).
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'priest' becomes 'p' (ecclesiastical abbreviation).
'cram'+'p'='CRAMP'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for cramp that I've seen before include "Severe muscular pain" , "restraint" , "Give too little space to" , "Form of muscular pain" , "common among writers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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