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Cook tried a long angry speech (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tirade

'long angry speech' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cook tried a' is the wordplay.
'cook' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tried'+'a'='trieda'
'trieda' with letters rearranged gives 'TIRADE'.

(Other definitions for tirade that I've seen before include "Prolonged speech of abuse" , "Loud harangue" , "Furious denunciation" , "String of invective" , "Long speech of angry criticism" .)

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