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Opening of tale genuine and touching (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tactual

'touching' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'opening of tale genuine' is the wordplay.
'opening of' suggests taking the first letters.
'genuine' becomes 'actual' ('actual' can be a synonym of 'genuine').
The first letter of 'tale' is 't'.
't'+'actual'='TACTUAL'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for tactual that I've seen before include "Of the sense of touch" , "touchy?" , "touching" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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