Deliberately annoy or irritate (S, not Z) (10)

I believe the answer is:

antagonise

(Other definitions for antagonise that I've seen before include "Bug" , "anger" , "Cause opposition" , "Get on the wrong side of" , "Arouse hostility" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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