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Anger, after sailor gets cross (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saltire

'cross' is the definition.
(I know that saltire is a type of cross)

'anger after sailor' is the wordplay.
'anger' becomes 'ire' (ire is intense rage).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sailor' becomes 'salt' (salt is a kind of sailor).
'ire' after 'salt' is 'SALTIRE'.

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for saltire that I've seen before include "flag - 8's? [SAINT ANDREW]" , "Diagonal cross (heraldry)" , "Scottish cross" , "X-shaped cross" , "Cross like St Andrew's" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Mirror.
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