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Daughter feeling a loss of status (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demotion

'a loss of status' is the definition.

'daughter feeling' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'feeling' becomes 'emotion' (emotion is a kind of feeling).
'd'+'emotion'='DEMOTION'

(Other definitions for demotion that I've seen before include "The putting down" , "Forced loss of rank" , "put down" , "Motioned about reduction in rank" , "A lowering in rank or position" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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