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Annoying being stopped by a barrier (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

railing

'barrier' is the definition.
(I know that railing is a type of barrier)

'annoying being stopped by a' is the wordplay.
'annoying' becomes 'riling' ('rile' can be a synonym of 'annoy').
'being stopped by' indicates putting letters inside (stopping can mean blocking a gap).
'riling' enclosing 'a' is 'RAILING'.

(Other definitions for railing that I've seen before include "Iron barrier" , "Protesting (about); fence" , "barrier appears" , "Complaining bitterly - barrier" , "Haranguing -- horizontal bar on supports" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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