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Cross any cross grain (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angry

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

'any cross grain' is the wordplay.
'cross' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'grain' becomes 'gr' (short for grain, a unit of mass).
'any' going around 'gr' is 'ANGRY'.

(Other definitions for angry that I've seen before include "Irate, mad" , "Inflamed" , "Vexed" , "In a temper" , "Incensed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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