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Complained when awoken after midnight (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

groused

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'complained' is the definition.
(grousing is a kind of complaining)

'awoken after midnight' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'midnight' could be 'g' and 'g' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'roused' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'when' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for groused that I've seen before include "made complaints" , "Complained" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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