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Ruffles feathers in Scottish team, dismissing leader (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angers

'ruffles feathers' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'scottish team dismissing leader' is the wordplay.
'scottish team' becomes 'Rangers' (Rangers FC are a Scottish football club).
'dismissing leader' means to remove the first letter.
'rangers' with its initial letter taken off is 'ANGERS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for angers that I've seen before include "Infuriates" , "Irritates" , "Maine city" , "Maddens" , "annoys" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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