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Maybe rabbit turned and ran, being disconcerted (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruffled

'being disconcerted' is the definition.
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'maybe rabbit turned and ran' is the wordplay.
'maybe rabbit' becomes 'fur' (rabbit fur).
'turned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ran' becomes 'fled' (I've seen this before).
'fur' written backwards gives 'ruf'.
'ruf'+'fled'='RUFFLED'

(Other definitions for ruffled that I've seen before include "Disturbed the smoothness of, feathers say" , "Disturbed or made uneven - perhaps feathers" , "Frilled" , "Disturbed or tousled, feathers or hair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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