Crossword Genius

Largely avoid imparting a feeling of doubt (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misgiving

'a feeling of doubt' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'largely avoid imparting' is the wordplay.
'largely' means to remove the last letter.
'avoid' becomes 'miss' (missing is a kind of avoiding).
'imparting' becomes 'giving' ('give' can be a synonym of 'impart').
'miss' with its last letter taken off is 'mis'.
'mis'+'giving'='MISGIVING'

(Other definitions for misgiving that I've seen before include "Feeling of doubt" , "Qualm, scruple" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app