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Stone again powdered in incense (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antagonise

'incense' is the definition.
(to antagonise someone is to annoy or incense them)

'stone again powdered' is the wordplay.
'powdered' indicates an anagram (letters get pulverised or crushed).
'stone'+'again'='stoneagain'
'stoneagain' with letters rearranged gives 'ANTAGONISE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for antagonise that I've seen before include "Cause opposition" , "Bug" , "Create hostility" , "Make an enemy of" , "Provoke hostility" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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