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Fiend started to stir and protested publicly (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demonstrated

'protested publicly' is the definition.
(as in taking place in a public demonstration)

'fiend started to stir' is the wordplay.
'fiend' becomes 'demon' (synonyms).
'to stir' indicates an anagram.
'started' anagrammed gives 'strated'.
'demon'+'strated'='DEMONSTRATED'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for demonstrated that I've seen before include "shown up" , "made public protest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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