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Huge riots turned out to be justified (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

righteous

'be justified' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'huge riots turned out' is the wordplay.
'turned out' indicates anagramming the letters.
'huge'+'riots'='hugeriots'
'hugeriots' with letters rearranged gives 'RIGHTEOUS'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for righteous that I've seen before include "Just, upright" , "Morally justified" , "Virtuous, free from sin or guilt" , "Moral - virtuous" , "law-abiding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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