Furious tirade arrested by female in charge (7)
I believe the answer is:
frantic
'furious' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'tirade arrested by female in charge' is the wordplay.
'tirade' becomes 'rant' (I've seen this before).
'arrested by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'in charge' becomes 'ic'.
'f'+'ic'='fic'
'rant' inserted inside 'fic' is 'FRANTIC'.
(Other definitions for frantic that I've seen before include "Phrenetic" , "Berserk" , "Beside oneself" , "very worried" , "having kittens" .)