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Mother got up furious (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mad

'furious' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)

'mother got up' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'dam' (female parent of an animal).
'got up' is a reversal indicator.
'dam' in reverse letter order is 'MAD'.

(Other definitions for mad that I've seen before include "Idiotic" , "abandoned" , "lunatic" , "Crackers" , "like the March Hare" .)

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