Touches loud fish (5)

I believe the answer is:

feels

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

'loud fish' is the wordplay.
'loud' becomes 'f' (A musical term).
'fish' becomes 'eels' (I've seen this before**).
'f'+'eels'='FEELS'

(Another definition for feels that I've seen is " Is affected by".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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