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Tangle with men he’s upset (6)

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I believe the answer is:

enmesh

'tangle' is the definition.
(enmeshing is a kind of tangling)

'with men he's upset' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'men'+'hes' is 'menhes'.
'menhes' with letters rearranged gives 'ENMESH'.

(Other definitions for enmesh that I've seen before include "Entangle as in net" , "Entrap" , "To ensnare" , "Tangle up in a net" , "Involve, as in a net" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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