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Distress? Try a holiday after resort's closure (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heartbreak

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'distress?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'try a holiday after resort's closure' is the wordplay.
'try' becomes 'hear' (as in to try someone in court or hear their case).
'a holiday' becomes 'break' (break can mean a holiday or time off).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'resort's closure' becomes 't' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'break' after 't' is 'tbreak'.
'hear'+'tbreak'='HEARTBREAK'

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(Other definitions for heartbreak that I've seen before include "Overwhelming distress" , "Grief" , "Anguish" , "sad state" , "Intense disappointment" .)

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