### Clue: A pain going uphill, plod (5)
### Answer: GARDA 
 ### Explanation: Definition: plod
 **Reversal of**(… going uphill, in a down clue) [A + DRAG(a pain, figuratively/something tedious one has to suffer)].
Defn: …, which is slang for a policeman.
Answer: A member of the Irish police force.