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Cruel rant at cruel master's punishment (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rattan

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'cruel master's punishment' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'cruel rant at' is the wordplay.
'cruel' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rant'+'at'='rantat'
'rantat' is an anagram of 'RATTAN'.

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(Other definitions for rattan that I've seen before include "Furniture-maker" , "Wickerwork material" , "Palm tree with pliable stems used for furniture" , "A form of cane" , "Palm stems used to make furniture" .)

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