Hurts with a stinging pain (6)

I believe the answer is:

smarts

(Other definitions for smarts that I've seen before include "Hurts; stings" , "Stings, sounding clever" , "Feels stinging pain" , "Stings; intelligence (US)" , "that Sting does" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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