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Captivated by a fiend's cat? Weird! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fascinated

'captivated' is the definition.
('fascinate' can be a synonym of 'captivate')

'a fiend's cat? weird' is the wordplay.
'weird' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'fiends'+'cat'='afiendscat'
'afiendscat' with letters rearranged gives 'FASCINATED'.

'by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for fascinated that I've seen before include "Irresistably attracted" , "Irresistibly interested" , "Captivated" , "Bewitched, enthralled" , "captured" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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