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Torture instrument (4,6)

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4,6

thumbscrew

(Other definitions for thumbscrew that I've seen before include "That could be unpleasant!" , "excruciating instrument" , "agonised by it?" , "Instrument of torture (crushing the pollex)" , "It puts the squeeze on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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