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Coming out and scowling at the fellow (9)

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I believe the answer is:

flowering

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

'scowling at the fellow' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'at' could be 'in' (synonymous in some cases - eg at school, in school) and 'in' is found in the answer.
'fellow' could be 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.) and 'f' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for flowering that I've seen before include "Blooming" , "coming out" , "In bloom" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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