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Noble fellow hurt and sombre (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

margrave

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'noble' is the definition.
(margrave is a kind of noble)

'fellow hurt and sombre' is the wordplay.
'fellow hurt' becomes 'mar' (I've seen this in another clue. I am not sure about the 'fellow' bit.).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sombre' becomes 'grave' (I've seen this before).
'mar'+'grave'='MARGRAVE'

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(Other definitions for margrave that I've seen before include "German nobleman" , "German noble" , "More than count" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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