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Furious artists demanding fiery dish (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

madras

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'fiery dish' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'furious artists' is the wordplay.
'furious' becomes 'mad' (I've seen this before).
'artists' becomes 'RA's' (Royal Academicians abbreviation).
'mad'+'ras'='MADRAS'

'demanding' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for madras that I've seen before include "something hot?" , "place in Tamil Nadu" , "Material" , "Old name for city now known as Chennai" , "city out East" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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