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Fisherman left out? Annoyance results (5)

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I believe the answer is:

anger

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'fisherman left out? annoyance results' is the definition.
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'fisherman left out?' is the wordplay.
'fisherman' becomes 'angler' (angler is a kind of fisherman).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'out?' is a deletion indicator.
'angler' with 'l' removed is 'ANGER'.

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(Other definitions for anger that I've seen before include "Deadly sin" , "Irk" , "Nettle" , "exasperation" , "Strongly annoy" .)

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