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Don's touching sympathy (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fellow feeling

'sympathy' is the definition.
('fellow feeling' can be a synonym of 'sympathy')

'don's touching' is the wordplay.
'don' becomes 'fellow' (I've seen this before).
'touching' becomes 'feeling' (feeling is a kind of touching**).
'fellow'+'feeling'='FELLOW-FEELING'

(Other definitions for fellow feeling that I've seen before include "Sympathy" , "Shared empathy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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