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List in which one may be left troubled? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lurch

This clue is a double definition.

'list' is the first definition.
(both can mean move in an unnatural way)

'in which one may be left troubled?' is the second definition.
(as in being left in the lurch)

(Other definitions for lurch that I've seen before include "Stagger; abandoned, if left in it" , "Walk with an unsteady uneven gait" , "Move abruptly to one side" , "in which the abandoned may be left" , "Move unsteadily - a bad place to be left in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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