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I cried aloud being stared at (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyeballed

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

'i cried aloud' is the wordplay.
'i' becomes 'eye' (I've seen this in other clues).
'cried' becomes 'bawled' ('bawl' can be a synonym of 'cry').
'aloud' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'bawled' sounds like 'balled'.
'eye'+'balled'='EYEBALLED'

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for eyeballed that I've seen before include "Watched" , "confronted" , "looked at" , "Stared at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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