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Irritable newsman Gary's outside (4)

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I believe the answer is:

edgy

'irritable' is the definition.
(edgy or on edge can mean irritable)

'newsman gary's outside' is the wordplay.
'newsman' becomes 'ed'.
'outside' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'gary' with its centre removed is 'gy'.
'ed'+'gy'='EDGY'

(Other definitions for edgy that I've seen before include "Nervous; jumpy" , "ready to flap?" , "Extremely" , "Challengingly experimental" , "In a tense state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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