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Former country returning every letter with anger (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

zaire

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'former country' is the definition.
'zaire' can be an answer for 'country' (Zaire is an example). I'm not certain of the 'former' bit.

'returning every letter with anger' is the wordplay.
'returning every letter' becomes 'za' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'anger' becomes 'ire' (ire is intense rage).
'za'+'ire'='ZAIRE'

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(Other definitions for zaire that I've seen before include "Central African country's former name" , "Until 1997 the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" , "Former African republic" , "Former name for the Democratic Republic of Congo" , "Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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