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Turn up with a growl, yet seem pleased (4)

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I believe the answer is:

purr

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'seem pleased' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'turn up with a growl' is the wordplay.
'turn' is a reversal indicator.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a growl' becomes 'rr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'up' written backwards gives 'pu'.
'pu'+'rr'='PURR'

'yet' is the link.

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(Other definitions for purr that I've seen before include "Cat's contented sound" , "Satisfaction from queen" , "Sound like happy cat" , "Cat's coo" , "Happy feline sound" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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