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Reveal awful pain is constant (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

everlasting

'is constant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'reveal awful pain' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pain' becomes 'sting' (sting is a kind of pain).
'reveal' with letters rearranged gives 'everla'.
'everla'+'sting'='EVERLASTING'

(Other definitions for everlasting that I've seen before include "Undying" , "permanent" , "Eternal" , "description of the rest Romeo set up here?" , "Unceasing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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