Short tale by Bond's boss causes rage (5)
I believe the answer is:
storm
'rage' is the definition.
(I know that rage can be written as storm)
'short tale by bond's boss' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'tale' becomes 'story' (synonyms).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bond's boss' becomes 'm' (M is the head of MI6 in the James Bond series).
'story' with its last letter taken away is 'stor'.
'stor'+'m'='STORM'
'causes' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for storm that I've seen before include "violent assault" , "Destructive wind" , "violent reaction" , "Uproar" , "Sandy, perhaps" .)