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Angry about female despoiled (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rifled

'despoiled' is the definition.
('rifle' can be a synonym of 'despoil')

'angry about female' is the wordplay.
'angry' becomes 'riled' (I've seen this before**).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'riled' placed around 'f' is 'RIFLED'.

(Other definitions for rifled that I've seen before include "Ransacked" , "Searched through" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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