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Smiley caught feeling outside (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emoticon

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

'caught feeling outside' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'feeling' becomes 'emotion' (emotion is a kind of feeling).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'c' put inside 'emotion' is 'EMOTICON'.

(Other definitions for emoticon that I've seen before include "state of mind symbol" , "Screen symbol expressing feeling" , "Facial expression created by characters in electronic message" , "Smiley, eg" , "Moody characters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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