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I count as mad (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irate

'mad' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'i count' is the wordplay.
'count' becomes 'rate' (I've seen this in other clues).
'i'+'rate'='IRATE'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for irate that I've seen before include "ranting" , "A tier (anag)" , "Extremely angry" , "Fuming" , "will be up in arms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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