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Top each off - that's a pain (8)

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I believe the answer is:

headache

'that's a pain' is the definition.
(headache is a kind of pain)

'top each off' is the wordplay.
'top' becomes 'head' (head is a kind of top).
'off' indicates an anagram.
'each' anagrammed gives 'ache'.
'head'+'ache'='HEADACHE'

(Other definitions for headache that I've seen before include "nasty problem" , "Worry, trouble (colloq.)" , "Migraine" , "Severe problem" , "Cause of worry/trouble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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