Forced to remove English cross (3)
I believe the answer is:
mad
'cross' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'forced to remove english' is the wordplay.
'forced' becomes 'made' (both can mean coerced).
'to remove' is a deletion indicator.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'made' with 'e' taken away is 'MAD'.
(Other definitions for mad that I've seen before include "like the March Hare" , "abandoned" , "Frantic" , "Roused to anger" , "Demented or excited or angry" .)