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Tolerate everything that hurts! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allow

'tolerate' is the definition.
(I know that tolerate is a kind of allow)

'everything that hurts' is the wordplay.
'everything' becomes 'all' (all things).
'that hurts' becomes 'ow!'.
'all'+'ow'='ALLOW'

(Other definitions for allow that I've seen before include "Permit or agree" , "Admit as acceptable" , "Permit or concede" , "brook" , "Permit or acknowledge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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