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Angry speech, having lost current business (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trade

'business' is the definition.
(I know that trade is a type of business)

'angry speech having lost current' is the wordplay.
'angry speech' becomes 'tirade' (I've seen this before).
'having lost' is a deletion indicator.
'current' becomes 'I' (symbol for electric current).
'tirade' with 'i' removed is 'TRADE'.

(Other definitions for trade that I've seen before include "Deal commercially" , "Commercial dealings" , "Commercial exchange of goods and services" , "Customers" , "Buy and sell, barter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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