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EU protest, after disturbance, dies away (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peters out

'dies away' is the definition.
(to peter out is to fade or die away)

'eu protest after disturbance' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'disturbance' indicates an anagram.
'eu'+'protest'='euprotest'
'euprotest' is an anagram of 'PETERS OUT'.

(Another definition for peters out that I've seen is " comes to nothing".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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