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Was ruffled, one understood (8)

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I believe the answer is:

gathered

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'understood' is the definition.
('gather' can be a synonym of 'understand')

'was ruffled one' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'the' (both can introduce a definite example of something) and 'the' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for gathered that I've seen before include "Concluded from evidence" , "Gleaned" , "The grade (anag.)" , "Understood" , "Got together - tucked in" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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