Wild yarn strangely taken to heart (8)

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inwardly

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'wild yarn strangely taken to heart' is the definition.
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'wild yarn strangely' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'wild'+'yarn'='wildyarn'
'wildyarn' is an anagram of 'INWARDLY'.

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(Other definitions for inwardly that I've seen before include "Mentally or spiritually" , "secretly" , "In the heart, privately" , "to the centre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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