The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TORMENTED
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More clues leading to the result TORMENTED
- Worried chaps collared by wrong sort of journalist
- Distressed people involved in unlawful action at England’s borders
- Demonstrate freely, not as bothered
- Worried rodent met snakes
- Worried editor supporting people in wrong
- Pained when abstinent surrounds soldiers and correspondent
- Crooner Mel: famous, loveless, suffering
- Chaps in the wrong newspaper boss harassed
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The straight part
We know that "Pained" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pained = tormented.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TORMENTED mean?
TORMENTED verb- To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
- Miserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt.
- Damned; accursed.