Insulted a couple of fellows by ordering rodent (9)

I believe the answer is:

affronted

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'insulted' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a couple of fellows by ordering rodent' is the wordplay.
'couple of' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'fellows' becomes 'f' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ordering' is an anagram indicator.
'f' duplicated is 'ff'.
'rodent' is an anagram of 'ronted'.
'a'+'ff'+'ronted'='AFFRONTED'

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(Other definitions for affronted that I've seen before include "Caused offence" , "outraged" , "Offended" , "Insulted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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