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Anger shown by one lacking love for woman (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irene

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

'anger shown by one lacking love' is the wordplay.
'anger' becomes 'ire' ('ire' can be a synonym of 'anger').
'shown by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lacking' is a deletion indicator.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'one' with 'o' taken out is 'ne'.
'ire'+'ne'='IRENE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for irene that I've seen before include "Greek goddess of peace (English name)" , "Girl's name (meaning Peace)" , "woman" , "Female name" , "US actress, -- Dunne" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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