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Anger of the Parisian overcome by poverty (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

needle

'anger' is the definition.
(I know that needle is a more specific form of the action anger)

'the parisian overcome by poverty' is the wordplay.
'the parisian' becomes 'le' (definite article in French).
'overcome by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'poverty' becomes 'need' (need is a kind of poverty).
'le' after 'need' is 'NEEDLE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for needle that I've seen before include "See 6" , "Get to" , "Irritate, goad" , "peak" , "Annoy - syringe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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