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Angry about being corralled by one with even stricter diet than me (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vegetarian

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'me' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'angry about being corralled by one with even stricter diet' is the wordplay.
'angry' becomes 'irate' (irate can mean angry or annoyed).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'being corralled' is an insertion indicator (to corral is to confine or lock up).
'by one with even stricter diet' becomes 'vegan' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'irate' written backwards gives 'etari'.
'etari' placed into 'vegan' is 'VEGETARIAN'.

'than' is the link.

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(Other definitions for vegetarian that I've seen before include "Herbivorous person" , "Non-meat-eater" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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