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Second glove taken by someone (7)

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I believe the answer is:

smitten

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'taken by someone' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'second glove' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'glove' becomes 'mitten' (mitten is a kind of glove).
's'+'mitten'='SMITTEN'

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(Other definitions for smitten that I've seen before include "Afflicted by foolish fondness" , "Affected or struck by, disease or desire" , "Infatuated with mittens" , "Severely afflicted" , "Severely affected (by something)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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