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Anger after question on unknown eccentric (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

quirky

'eccentric' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'anger after question on unknown' is the wordplay.
'anger' becomes 'irk' (irking is a kind of angering**).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'question' becomes 'qu'.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'unknown' becomes 'y' (algebra).
'irk' put after 'qu' is 'quirk'.
'quirk'+'y'='QUIRKY'

(Other definitions for quirky that I've seen before include "Peculiar in behaviour" , "'Kinky, off-beat (6)'" , "Idiosyncratic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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