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Furious, freebooter having lost power (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irate

'furious' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'freebooter having lost power' is the wordplay.
'freebooter' becomes 'pirate' (pirate is a kind of freebooter).
'having lost' is a deletion indicator.
'power' becomes 'p'.
'pirate' with 'p' taken away is 'IRATE'.

(Other definitions for irate that I've seen before include "Spitting feathers" , "raging" , "ranting" , "Ticked off" , "Fuming" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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