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Cross Tiber, rail having been mended (9)

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I believe the answer is:

irritable

'cross' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'tiber rail having been mended' is the wordplay.
'having been mended' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tiber'+'rail'='tiberrail'
'tiberrail' is an anagram of 'IRRITABLE'.

(Other definitions for irritable that I've seen before include "Fractious" , "not very polite" , "cranky" , "Easily annoyed" , "Sensitive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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