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Firm with citizen adopting facade - they're so argumentative (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

confrontational

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'so argumentative' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'firm with citizen adopting facade' is the wordplay.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'citizen' becomes 'national' (national can mean a citizen of a country).
'adopting' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are taken on or adopted).
'facade' becomes 'front' (I've seen this before).
'national' placed around 'front' is 'nfrontational'.
'co'+'nfrontational'='CONFRONTATIONAL'

'they're' is the link.

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(Other definitions for confrontational that I've seen before include "Dealing hostilely with others" , "wanting to encourage hostility" , "Aggressively hostile" , "Openly hostile" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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