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Reputed to be unhappy touring India (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

said

'reputed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'unhappy touring india' is the wordplay.
'unhappy' becomes 'sad' ('sad' can be a synonym of 'unhappy').
'touring' is an insertion indicator (touring can mean going round).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'sad' enclosing 'i' is 'SAID'.

'to be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for said that I've seen before include "Rumoured" , "Mentioned" , "Spoke" , "Spoken" , "Port ____, important site in the Suez crisis" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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