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Unsettles when rage ends in confusion (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deranges

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'unsettles' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with human feelings as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'rage ends in confusion' is the wordplay.
'in confusion' is an anagram indicator.
'rage'+'ends'='rageends'
'rageends' anagrammed gives 'DERANGES'.

'when' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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