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Worker angered in riot produces explosive (4,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hand grenade

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'explosive' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Military explosive ' mean 'hand grenade' so perhaps 'explosive' could also mean 'hand grenade')

'worker angered in riot' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'worker' could be 'hand' (hand is a kind of worker) and 'hand' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'angered' is 'grenade' which is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'produces' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hand grenade that I've seen before include "Explosive device that is thrown" , "Small explosive device used in close combat" , "Tree with edible nuts" , "Small explosive device for throwing" , "Small thrown bomb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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