Weirdly calm mediator, with emotions running high (12)

I believe the answer is:

melodramatic

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'emotions running high' is the definition.
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'weirdly calm mediator' is the wordplay.
'weirdly' indicates an anagram.
'calm'+'mediator'='calmmediator'
'calmmediator' with letters rearranged gives 'MELODRAMATIC'.

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(Other definitions for melodramatic that I've seen before include "Emotionally overblown (in theatre)" , "Exaggerated - over-emotional" , "like ham?" , "Sensational" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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