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Arouse fury after foolish spin (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inspire

'arouse' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fury after foolish spin' is the wordplay.
'fury' becomes 'ire' (I've seen this before).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'foolish' indicates anagramming the letters.
'spin' anagrammed gives 'insp'.
'ire' put after 'insp' is 'INSPIRE'.

(Other definitions for inspire that I've seen before include "Fill with confidence - be the origin of" , "Fill someone with a feeling of confidence to do something" , "Fill with ideas, enthusiasm" , "Arouse, prompt (to new heights)" , "Stimulate to creativity or other worthwhile objective" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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