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Being disquieted, perhaps, setter might become angry (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irate

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'angry' is the definition.
(irate can mean angry or annoyed)

'being disquieted perhaps setter might' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'being' could be 'rat' (rat is a kind of being) and 'rat' is found in the answer.
'setter' could be 'i' (the person that set the crossword) and 'i' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'become' is the link.

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(Other definitions for irate that I've seen before include "Extremely cross" , "Angry, enraged" , "Magical rod" , "Wild" , "raging" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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