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Fascinated, talked out loud (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rapt

'fascinated' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'talked out loud' is the wordplay.
'talked' becomes 'rapped' (rapping is a kind of talking).
'out loud' shows a homophone (sound like).
'rapped' is a homophone of 'RAPT'.

(Other definitions for rapt that I've seen before include "'Transported, entranced (4)'" , "Spellbound, enthralled" , "Engrossed, spellbound" , "Very attentive" , "Enraptured, entranced" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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