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Everyman's flipping furious in far-off land? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emirate

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'far-off land?' is the definition.
'emirate' can be an answer for 'land?' (emirate is a kind of land). I'm unsure of the 'far-off' bit.

'everyman's flipping furious' is the wordplay.
'everyman' becomes 'me' (where the crossword setter is 'Everyman').
'flipping' is a reversal indicator.
'furious' becomes 'irate' (I've seen this before).
'me' written backwards gives 'em'.
'em'+'irate'='EMIRATE'

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for emirate that I've seen before include "It's meatier in Middle East domain" , "Islamic office" , "Go abroad" , "Independent Islamic state" , "Foreign office" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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