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Calm those upset about nothing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soothe

'calm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'those upset about nothing' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'those' is an anagram of 'sothe'.
'sothe' going around 'o' is 'SOOTHE'.

(Other definitions for soothe that I've seen before include "Gently calm" , "to settle" , "Calm down, placate" , "Cause to feel better" , "Calm; relieve pain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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