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Cross, using international tariff (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irate

'cross' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'international tariff' is the wordplay.
'international' becomes 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF).
'tariff' becomes 'rate' (I've seen this before).
'i'+'rate'='IRATE'

'using' is the link.

(Other definitions for irate that I've seen before include "Not happy" , "Wild" , "Magical rod" , "Infuriated" , "Narked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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