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Suffering sons put in bed (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cost

'suffering' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'sons put in bed' is the wordplay.
'sons' becomes 's'.
'put in' is an insertion indicator.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
's' placed within 'cot' is 'COST'.

(Other definitions for cost that I've seen before include "estimate price" , "Suffering" , "Come to" , "Outlay required to buy" , "Be priced at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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