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Abandoned daughter experienced irritation (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ditched

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'abandoned' is the definition.
(ditching is a kind of abandoning)

'daughter experienced irritation' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'daughter' could be 'd' (genealogical abbreviation) and 'd' is found in the answer.
'irritation' could be 'itch' (I've seen this before) and 'itch' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ditched that I've seen before include "Got rid of" , "Left in the lurch or landed plane in sea" , "Dumped" , "Of plane, made forced landing on sea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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