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Anger for one in England's tail; delays unsettled batting (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deadly sin

'anger for one' is the definition.
(anger is a kind of deadly sin)

'england's tail delays unsettled batting' is the wordplay.
'tail' suggests the final letters.
'unsettled' indicates an anagram.
'batting' becomes 'in'.
The last letter of 'england' is 'd'.
'delays' is an anagram of 'eadlys'.
'd'+'eadlys'+'in'='DEADLY SIN'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for deadly sin that I've seen before include "a cause of damnation" , "It's one of seven, gluttony say" , "Anger, say" , "Eg, lust or pride" , "Eg, lust or gluttony" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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