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Hurriedly left without having eaten (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fled

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'hurriedly left' is the definition.
'fled' can be an answer for 'left' (fleeing is a kind of leaving). I'm not certain of the 'hurriedly' bit.

'without having eaten' is the wordplay.
'without' is an insertion indicator.
'having' becomes 'l' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eaten' becomes 'fed' ('feed' can be a synonym of 'eat').
'l' put inside 'fed' is 'FLED'.

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(Other definitions for fled that I've seen before include "Ran off in a hurry" , "Left the field" , "Having run or hurried away" , "Did a runner" , "Ran or hurried away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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