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Hilarious bishop is rising in anger (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

risible

'hilarious' is the definition.
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'bishop is rising in anger' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'b' (abbreviation used in chess).
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'anger' becomes 'rile' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'b'+'is'='bis'
'bis' written backwards gives 'sib'.
'sib' put inside 'rile' is 'RISIBLE'.

(Other definitions for risible that I've seen before include "Absurd" , "Causing laughter - beyond a joke" , "making one laugh" , "Funny - not even funny" , "A complete joke!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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