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Furious about gutted tortoise getting run over (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iterate

'run over' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'furious about gutted tortoise' is the wordplay.
'furious' becomes 'irate' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'gutted' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'tortoise' with its centre removed is 'te'.
'irate' placed around 'te' is 'ITERATE'.

'getting' is the link.

(Other definitions for iterate that I've seen before include "State repeatedly, say again" , "Utter or perform repeatedly" , "Recapitulate" , "Repeat, state again" , "Say again, repeat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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