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Followed Charles and Eddie? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chased

'followed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'charles and eddie?' is the wordplay.
'charles' becomes 'chas' (shortened form).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'eddie?' becomes 'ed'.
'chas'+'ed'='CHASED'

(Other definitions for chased that I've seen before include "Pursued at speed" , "Hunted" , "Pursued, ran after" , "Pursued or engraved" , "followed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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