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Suffering — Oscar-winning film, by the way, gets another award (9)

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I believe the answer is:

martyrdom

'suffering' is the definition.
(martyrdom is suffering for a higher cause)

'oscar-winning film by the way gets another award' is the wordplay.
'oscar-winning film' becomes 'marty' (winner of Academy Award for Best Picture in o956).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the way' becomes 'rd' (short for road).
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'another award' becomes 'om' (order of merit. I am not sure about the 'another' bit.).
'marty'+'rd'+'om'='MARTYRDOM'

(Other definitions for martyrdom that I've seen before include "Death for one's beliefs" , "suffering" , "Death of one dying for their religion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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