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During the night, sound angry about a bit of fun! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snore

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'during the night sound' is the definition.
(to snore is to make a sound at night)

'angry about a bit of fun' is the wordplay.
'angry' becomes 'sore' (similar in meaning).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'a bit of fun' becomes 'n' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'sore' placed around 'n' is 'SNORE'.

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(Other definitions for snore that I've seen before include "Make raucous nasal sound during sleep" , "thing which bores" , "Noise indicating sleep" , "Breathe noisily during sleep" , "Noise made while asleep" .)

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