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Looked round very deprived (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

starved

'deprived' is the definition.
(starving is a kind of depriving)

'looked round very' is the wordplay.
'looked' becomes 'stared' (staring is a kind of looking**).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'stared' going around 'v' is 'STARVED'.

(Other definitions for starved that I've seen before include "Denied" , "Went without food" , "really hungry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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