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Suffered long after second cat died (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stomached

'suffered' is the definition.
('stomach' can be a synonym of 'suffer')

'long after second cat died' is the wordplay.
'long' becomes 'ache' (to long for something is to ache for it).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'cat' becomes 'tom' (a tom is a male cat).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
's'+'tom'='stom'
'ache' put after 'stom' is 'stomache'.
'stomache'+'d'='STOMACHED'

(Other definitions for stomached that I've seen before include "Bore" , "Ate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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