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Cashier blowing top in fury (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ire

'fury' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cashier blowing top' is the wordplay.
'cashier' becomes 'fire' (cashier can mean to fire or dismiss a soldier).
'blowing top' means to remove the first letter.
'fire' with its first letter taken off is 'IRE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ire that I've seen before include "Choler" , "Hot temper" , "Annoyance, vexation" , "Strong feeling" , "Losing head" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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