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Witness's source of tension during a trial (6)

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I believe the answer is:

attest

'witness's' is the definition.
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'source of tension during a trial' is the wordplay.
'source of' indicates taking the first letters.
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'trial' becomes 'test' ('test' can be a synonym of 'trial').
The initial letter of 'tension' is 't'.
'a'+'test'='atest'
't' going within 'atest' is 'ATTEST'.

(Other definitions for attest that I've seen before include "Bear formal witness to, give evidence" , "Act as witness" , "say, in court" , "Give evidence in a court of law" , "Vouch for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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