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Annoyed getting pug and lead tangled (7)

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I believe the answer is:

plagued

'annoyed' is the definition.
(plaguing is a kind of annoying)

'pug and lead tangled' is the wordplay.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'tangled' indicates an anagram.
'pug' after 'lead' is 'leadpug'.
'leadpug' is an anagram of 'PLAGUED'.

'getting' is the link.

(Another definition for plagued that I've seen is " Tormented".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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