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Emotion created by speed getting heart going (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hate

'emotion' is the definition.
(hate is a kind of emotion)

'speed getting heart going' is the wordplay.
'speed' becomes 'haste' (haste is a kind of speed).
'getting heart going' means to remove the middle letters (the heart is the middle letter).
'haste' with its middle removed is 'HATE'.

'created by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hate that I've seen before include "Detest" , "Abominate" , "Intense emotion opposite to love" , "[OPPOSITE OF] Be besotted with" , "Odium" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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