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Fed-up man truly cutting game in a truculent manner (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

defiantly

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'fed-up man truly cutting game' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'truculent manner' is the wordplay.
'truculent' becomes 'defiant' (similar in meaning).
'manner' becomes 'ly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'defiant'+'ly'='DEFIANTLY'

'in a' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for defiantly that I've seen is " In rebellious way".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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