Emotional about Paignton (8)

I believe the answer is:

poignant

'emotional' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'about paignton' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'paignton' is an anagram of 'POIGNANT'.

(Other definitions for poignant that I've seen before include "Arousing sympathy, moving to the feelings" , "Sharply upsetting" , "Sharply, painfully emotive" , "Heart-rending" , "sad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Telegraph.

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