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Cried, cheesed off about empty calendar (9)

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I believe the answer is:

screeched

'cried' is the definition.
(screeching is a kind of crying)

'cheesed off about empty calendar' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'empty' suggests removing the centre.
'calendar' with its centre taken out is 'cr'.
'cheesed' anagrammed gives 'seeched'.
'seeched' going around 'cr' is 'SCREECHED'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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