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Some heads of state seem agitated about newspapers (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

empresses

'some heads of state' is the definition.

'seem agitated about newspapers' is the wordplay.
'agitated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'newspapers' becomes 'press' (I've seen this before).
'seem' with letters rearranged gives 'emes'.
'emes' going around 'press' is 'EMPRESSES'.

(Another definition for empresses that I've seen is " Female rulers".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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