Boil with rage when given peculiar fringe; then appreciate the humour of it (3,3,5,4)
I believe the answer is:
see the funny side
'appreciate the humour of it' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'boil with rage when given peculiar fringe' is the wordplay.
'boil with rage' becomes 'seethe' (I've seen this in another clue).
'when given' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'peculiar' becomes 'funny' (synonyms).
'fringe' becomes 'side'.
'seethe'+'funny'+'side'='SEE THE FUNNY SIDE'
'then' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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