The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HEARTBURN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result HEARTBURN
- Painful sensation of deer crossing English stream
- Symptom of 3 making bather run amok
- Pick up head of thistle by stream? That’s painful!
- Listen! Consumption before vigorous run gives indigestion
- Discover convert welcoming bishop with ill feeling?
- Catch bout involving start of bilious indigestion
- Try twice to swallow vitamin for painful condition
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What does HEARTBURN mean?
HEARTBURN noun- A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.