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Government: source of some anger on the golf-course? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steerage

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

'source of some anger on the golf-course?' is the wordplay.
'source' becomes 'steer' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'of some' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'some' mean this).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'course?' becomes 'e'.
The initial letter of 'anger' is 'a'.
'steer'+'a'+'g'+'e'='STEERAGE'

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(Other definitions for steerage that I've seen before include "Cheap part of ship" , "Cheapest classes" , "Cheapest accommodation aboard ship" , "avoided by the "posh" set" , "Cheap accommodation on a passenger ship" .)

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