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A feeling of easterly movement (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emotion

'a feeling' is the definition.
(I know that emotion is a type of feeling)

'easterly movement' is the wordplay.
'easterly' becomes 'E' (abbreviation for east).
'movement' becomes 'motion' (synonyms).
'e'+'motion'='EMOTION'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for emotion that I've seen before include "Intuitive feeling" , "A strong instinctive feeling" , "Strong feeling as of love or hate" , "Mental feeling" , "sense" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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