Crossword Genius

Police officer upset re agents (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sergeant

'police officer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'upset re agents' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates anagramming the letters.
're'+'agents'='reagents'
'reagents' with letters rearranged gives 'SERGEANT'.

(Other definitions for sergeant that I've seen before include "Gets near (anag) -- NCO" , "one with stripes" , "Soldier and lover in Hardy novel" , "Copper" , "Army rank" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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