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Calling for fines, so furious (10)

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I believe the answer is:

profession

'calling' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'for fines so furious' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'pro' (as in being 'pro' something).
'furious' indicates an anagram.
'fines'+'so'='finesso'
'finesso' anagrammed gives 'fession'.
'pro'+'fession'='PROFESSION'

(Other definitions for profession that I've seen before include "Occupation; declaration (of belief)" , "statement" , "Job" , "announcement" , "career?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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