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Enrage popular feeling with speech (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incense

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'enrage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'popular feeling with speech' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'popular' could be 'in' ('in' can mean trendy) and 'in' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'cense' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for incense that I've seen before include "Church perfume" , "Cause strong reaction" , "Perfume - inflame with anger" , "Substance burning in a censer" , "Substance burned for its sweet smell" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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