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Anything that upsets a thug (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aught

'anything' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'upsets a thug' is the wordplay.
'upsets' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'thug'='athug'
'athug' is an anagram of 'AUGHT'.

'that' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for aught that I've seen before include "Nothing" , "Anything at all (archaic)" , "Anything (Shakespearean)" , "Emphatically anything" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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