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Mixing online less creates isolation (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loneliness

'isolation' is the definition.
(loneliness is a kind of isolation)

'mixing online less' is the wordplay.
'mixing' indicates an anagram.
'online'+'less'='onlineless'
'onlineless' with letters rearranged gives 'LONELINESS'.

'creates' is the link.

(Other definitions for loneliness that I've seen before include "Solitary feeling" , "Desolation" , "Feeling of isolation" , "Unwelcome solitude" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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