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Space found in A&E: surprised? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agape

'surprised?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'space found in ae' is the wordplay.
'space' becomes 'gap' (gap is a kind of space).
'found in' is an insertion indicator.
'gap' placed into 'ae' is 'AGAPE'.

(Other definitions for agape that I've seen before include "love a Christian shows" , "Astonished" , "Christian feast" , "religious feast" , "Christian's love" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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