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Touched and left hurriedly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

felt

'touched' is the definition.
(feeling is a kind of touching)

'left hurriedly' is the wordplay.
'hurriedly' is an anagram indicator (writing too quickly, you might mix up letters).
'left' anagrammed gives 'FELT'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for felt that I've seen before include "compassion" , "Touched the matted fabric" , "material for a fedora" , "Soft fabric; touched" , "Laid hands" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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