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Which side of shoe is uncomfortable? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sore

'uncomfortable?' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'which side of shoe' is the wordplay.
'which' becomes 'sor' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'side of' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'shoe' is 'e'.
'sor'+'e'='SORE'

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sore that I've seen before include "To be very old" , "Painfully sensitive" , "Irritated or painful" , "very much" , "Hard" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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