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Trauma with schoolteacher mislaying note (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stress

'trauma' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'schoolteacher mislaying note' is the wordplay.
'schoolteacher' becomes 'mistress' (old-fashioned term for a female school teacher).
'mislaying' is a deletion indicator.
'note' becomes 'mi' (as in 'do re mi').
'mistress' with 'mi' taken out is 'STRESS'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stress that I've seen before include "Cause of crack" , "Tension, pressure" , "'Strain, tension (6)'" , "Feeling of pressure" , "Force" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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