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Executive rage — animal unleashed (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

managerial

'executive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'rage animal unleashed' is the wordplay.
'unleashed' is an anagram indicator (letters are unleashed from their original order).
'rage'+'animal'='rageanimal'
'rageanimal' is an anagram of 'MANAGERIAL'.

(Other definitions for managerial that I've seen before include "executive" , "On board" , "of top staff" , "In administrative control" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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