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Moving out of awful motel, touring Hebridean island (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emotional

'moving' is the definition.
('emotional' is associated in meaning with 'moving')

'awful motel touring hebridean island' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'touring' indicates putting letters inside (touring can mean going round).
'hebridean island' becomes 'iona' (I've seen this before).
'motel' is an anagram of 'emotl'.
'emotl' enclosing 'iona' is 'EMOTIONAL'.

'out of' is the link.

(Other definitions for emotional that I've seen before include "Poignant" , "Thrilling" , "Arousing intense feelings" , "Showing feelings like love or fear" , "Impassioned - excitable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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