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Dad's visibly angry when trimmed! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

pared

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'trimmed' is the definition.
('pare' can be a synonym of 'trim')

'dad's visibly angry' is the wordplay.
'dad' becomes 'pa' (synonyms).
'visibly angry' becomes 'red' (someone may go red when angry. I am not sure about the 'visibly' bit.).
'pa'+'red'='PARED'

'when' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pared that I've seen before include "Of a fruit, peeled" , "Trimmed like pencil." , "Peeled the outer surface" , "Trimmed - peeled" , "Did prune" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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