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Delighted benches Conservative angered (6)

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I believe the answer is:

huffed

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This clue might be a double definition.

'delighted benches conservative' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'angered' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for huffed that I've seen before include "Had pet" , "Puffed heavily" , "Was audibly annoyed" , "Blew or blustered ineffectually" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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