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Drive to entrance of church with weapon, causing anger (5,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charm offensive

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'anger' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'drive to entrance of church with weapon' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'drive' could be 'offensive' (I've seen this before) and 'offensive' is found in the answer.
'entrance' could be 'charm' (synonyms) and 'charm' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'causing' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for charm offensive that I've seen before include "PR campaign needed" , "Ingratiating campaign is needed" , "Campaign to gain support and become more popular" , "smarmy campaign" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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