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Angry at mere promises of payment for a coat (7)

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I believe the answer is:

furious

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'angry' is the definition.
(I know that angry can be written as furious)

'mere promises of payment for a coat' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'promises' could be 'ious' (promises to pay a debt) and 'ious' is located in the answer.
'coat' could be 'fur' (fur coat is a kind of coat) and 'fur' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'at' is the link.

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(Other definitions for furious that I've seen before include "how creditor feels?" , "Extremely angry" , "Enraged" , "Raging" , "at boiling point" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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