Crossword Genius

Felt professional (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

experienced

I believe this is a double definition.

'felt' is the first definition.
('experience' can be a synonym of 'feel')

'professional' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for experienced that I've seen before include "Benefitting from previous actions" , "Practised, well-versed" , "Practised and knowledgeable" , "went through" , "No novice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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