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Try Sunday Express? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strain

'try' is the definition.
(strain is a kind of try)

'sunday express?' is the wordplay.
'sunday' becomes 's'.
'express?' becomes 'train' (express is a kind of train).
's'+'train'='STRAIN'

(Other definitions for strain that I've seen before include "Muscle injury - tension" , "Strive; ancestry" , "Pass through a colander" , "Exert oneself to the utmost" , "Tension - stock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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