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I value being furious! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irate

'furious' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'i value' is the wordplay.
'value' becomes 'rate' ('rate' can be a synonym of 'value').
'i'+'rate'='IRATE'

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for irate that I've seen before include "Angry, enraged" , "Extremely cross" , "Angry, annoyed" , "will be up in arms" , "Narked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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