The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GRIEF
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result GRIEF
- Suffering: force for good later in composer
- Trouble with composer ending on wrong note?
- Maybe greeting King, recklessly firing secret rounds
- Suffering composer lowering his final note
- Figure out leaving university causes trouble
- Torment poor Fergie endlessly
- Intense sorrow of King George that is beginning to fade
- Intense sorrow as a result of grand fire sputtering
- Feeling very sad if Reg is this?
- Figure United’s lost badly creating despair
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The straight part
We know that "Trouble" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case trouble = grief.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GRIEF mean?
GRIEF noun- Suffering, hardship.
- Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
- Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
- To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.