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Anger in vandalised crescent in Cotswolds town (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cirencester

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'cotswolds town' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'anger in vandalised crescent' is the wordplay.
'anger' becomes 'ire' (synonyms).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'vandalised' indicates an anagram.
'crescent' with letters rearranged gives 'cncester'.
'ire' put within 'cncester' is 'CIRENCESTER'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cirencester that I've seen before include "Gloucestershire market town" , "Cotswolds market town" , "Cotswold market town" , "Cotswolds location" , "place in Gloucestershire" .)

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