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English anger seen in nearby country (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eire

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'nearby country' is the definition.
'eire' can be an answer for 'country' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'nearby' bit.

'english anger' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'anger' becomes 'ire' ('ire' can be a synonym of 'anger').
'e'+'ire'='EIRE'

'seen in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for eire that I've seen before include "Official name of the Irish Republic, 1937-49" , "Former name of the Irish Republic" , "Former name for the Republic of Ireland" , "Irish name for Ireland" , "Northwest European country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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