Harped on soup, like Oliver Twist (8)

I believe the answer is:

orphaned

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'harped on soup like oliver twist' is the definition.
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'harped on soup' is the wordplay.
'soup' indicates an anagram.
'harped'+'on'='harpedon'
'harpedon' with letters rearranged gives 'ORPHANED'.

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(Other definitions for orphaned that I've seen before include "Having both parents dead" , "Left without father or mother" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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