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Get annoyed with record turning up the day before (5)

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I believe the answer is:

peeve

'get annoyed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with record turning up the day before' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'record' becomes 'ep'.
'turning up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'the day before' becomes 'eve' (I've seen this before).
'ep' back-to-front is 'pe'.
'pe' put next to 'eve' is 'PEEVE'.

(Other definitions for peeve that I've seen before include "upset" , "Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful" , "Vex" , "Annoy, get at, irritate" , "bug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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