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Touching range in empty supermarket (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

against

'touching' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'range in empty supermarket' is the wordplay.
'range' becomes 'aga' (I've seen this before**).
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'supermarket' with its centre removed is 'st'.
'aga'+'in'+'st'='AGAINST'

(Other definitions for against that I've seen before include "Not supporting" , "Disapproving of" , "Opposing" , "Not favouring" , "Anti, touching" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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