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Complained peevishly, upsetting me, my dear! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yammered

'complained peevishly' is the definition.
(yammer can mean to complain about something)

'upsetting me my dear' is the wordplay.
'upsetting' is an anagram indicator.
'me'+'my'+'dear'='memydear'
'memydear' anagrammed gives 'YAMMERED'.

(Other definitions for yammered that I've seen before include "Made a loud and incessant noise" , "Complained" , "having made an outcry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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