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Feline found in a French outbuilding unharmed (9)

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I believe the answer is:

unscathed

'unharmed' is the definition.
(I know that unharmed can be written as unscathed)

'feline found in a french outbuilding' is the wordplay.
'feline' becomes 'cat' (cat is a kind of feline).
'found in' indicates putting letters inside.
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'outbuilding' becomes 'shed' (shed is a kind of outbuilding).
'un'+'shed'='unshed'
'cat' placed within 'unshed' is 'UNSCATHED'.

(Other definitions for unscathed that I've seen before include "Not injured" , "Unharmed, unhurt" , "safe and sound" , "Without suffering any injury, not harmed" , "suffering no harm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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