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Cry of anguish during row - becoming more sensitive (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

touchier

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'more sensitive' is the definition.
('touchy' can be similar in meaning to 'sensitive')

'cry of anguish during row' is the wordplay.
'cry of anguish' becomes 'ouch' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'row' becomes 'tier' (tier is a kind of row).
'ouch' placed into 'tier' is 'TOUCHIER'.

'becoming' is the link.

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(Other definitions for touchier that I've seen before include "more sensitive" , "More easy to upset" .)

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