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The pain of a guerilla leader? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ache

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'the pain' is the definition.
(ache is a kind of pain)

'a guerilla leader?' is the wordplay.
'guerilla leader?' becomes 'che' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'che'='ACHE'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ache that I've seen before include "Continuous hurt" , "burn" , "Hanker" , "yearning" , "Suffer dull pain" .)

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