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Imbibing beer, team tends at intervals to become angry (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

embittered

'angry' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'imbibing beer team tends at intervals' is the wordplay.
'imbibing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (imbibe can mean to drink or absorb).
'beer' becomes 'bitter' (bitter is a type of beer).
'at intervals' means one should take alternating letters (letters are taken at regular intervals).
'team'+'tends'='teamtends'
The alternate letters of 'teamtends' are 'emed'.
'bitter' inserted inside 'emed' is 'EMBITTERED'.

'to become' is the link.

(Other definitions for embittered that I've seen before include "Made more sour" , "Made resentful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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