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Touched, dead astern (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daft

'touched' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dead astern' is the wordplay.
'dead' becomes 'd'.
'astern' becomes 'aft' (I've seen this before).
'd'+'aft'='DAFT'

(Other definitions for daft that I've seen before include "Bats!" , "Potty" , "Scatty" , "'Silly, foolish (4)'" , "Informally silly or foolish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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