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Very angry, i.e. with rodent inside (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irate

'very angry' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'i e with rodent inside' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rodent' becomes 'rat' (rat is a kind of rodent).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'i'+'e'='ie'
'ie' enclosing 'rat' is 'IRATE'.

(Other definitions for irate that I've seen before include "Infuriated" , "ranting" , "Extremely angry" , "Narked" , "Extremely cross" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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