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Hardship of most of the outfit from regiment (6)

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I believe the answer is:

rigour

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'hardship of most' is the definition.
'rigour' can be an answer for 'hardship' ('rigour' can be a synonym of 'hardship'). I am not sure about the 'of most' bit.

'the outfit from regiment' is the wordplay.
'the outfit' becomes 'rig' ('rig' can be a synonym of 'outfit').
'from' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'regiment' becomes 'our' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rig'+'our'='RIGOUR'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rigour that I've seen before include "Sternness" , "Quality of being extremely thorough and careful" , "Extreme strictness" , "Severity, harshness" , "Trial" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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