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Trial involving gold trade (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordeal

'trial' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'gold trade' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'trade' becomes 'deal' ('deal' can be a synonym of 'trade').
'or'+'deal'='ORDEAL'

'involving' is the link.

(Other definitions for ordeal that I've seen before include "A test of endurance or or difficult experience" , "Difficult and painful experience" , "Tough test in Laredo" , "Horrific experience" , "severe test shows" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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