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Bother few who are upsetting (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

troublesome

'are upsetting' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'bother few' is the wordplay.
'bother' becomes 'trouble' ('trouble' can be a synonym of 'bother').
'few' becomes 'some' ('some' is associated in meaning with 'few'**).
'trouble'+'some'='TROUBLESOME'

'who' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for troublesome that I've seen before include "Hard" , "Trying" , "likely to cause ructions" , "problematic" , "Causing annoyance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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