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Enrage VIP slammed in news source (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grapevine

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

'enrage vip slammed' is the wordplay.
'slammed' indicates an anagram.
'enrage'+'vip'='enragevip'
'enragevip' is an anagram of 'GRAPEVINE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for grapevine that I've seen before include "whose constituents go to press" , "(Informal) means of spreading information?" , "where fruit is grown" , "News source" , "Bush telegraph" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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