The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EMPATHY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result EMPATHY
- English course is within my understanding
- Fellow feeling making them pay, possibly
- Pay them badly for identification
- What Kong felt for Ann in stirring ape myth?
- Fellow feeling me up on way back from party
- Understanding English writer’s engaging way
- Pay them off in compassion
- Pay them off, knowing how they feel
- Understanding English with my entertaining course
- Understanding map they revised
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The straight part
We know that "knowing how they feel" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case knowing how they feel = empathy.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does EMPATHY mean?
EMPATHY noun- Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
- Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
- A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
- MDMA.