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Fury after tax is raised for port (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stavanger

'port' is the definition.
(Norwegian port)

'fury after tax is raised' is the wordplay.
'fury' becomes 'anger' (I've seen this before).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'tax' becomes 'vats' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is raised' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'vats' backwards is 'stav'.
'anger' after 'stav' is 'STAVANGER'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for stavanger that I've seen before include "port abroad" , "Northern port" , "City of SW Norway" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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