Disheartened adjutant, observing friction, uses magnetism (10)

I believe the answer is:

attraction

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'magnetism' is the definition.
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'disheartened adjutant observing friction' is the wordplay.
'disheartened' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (the middle or heart is removed).
'observing friction' becomes 'traction' (traction is a kind of friction. I am not sure about the 'observing' bit.).
'adjutant' with its middle taken out is 'at'.
'at'+'traction'='ATTRACTION'

'uses' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for attraction that I've seen before include "Something that draws visitors" , "Appeal" , "Pull" , "Popular building/place" , "Interest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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