Touched, as doctor, friend and parent meet with young delinquent (8)
I believe the answer is:
palpated
'touched' is the definition.
(palpating is a kind of touching)
'parent meet with young delinquent' is the wordplay.
'parent' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'meet' says to put letters next to each other.
'with young' becomes 'pal' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'delinquent' becomes 'ted' (I've seen this in other clues).
'pa' after 'pal' is 'palpa'.
'palpa'+'ted'='PALPATED'
'as doctor friend and' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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