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Arousing one's curiosity though resenting it perhaps (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interesting

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'arousing one's curiosity' is the definition.
'interesting' can be an answer for 'arousing' (interesting is a kind of arousing). I'm not sure about the 'one's curiosity' bit.

'resenting it perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' is an anagram indicator.
'resenting'+'it'='resentingit'
'resentingit' with letters rearranged gives 'INTERESTING'.

'though' is the link.

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(Other definitions for interesting that I've seen before include "Arousing attention" , "Arousing curiosity" , "Gripping" , "Curious" , "worthy of note" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.
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