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Interfere with day, getting purist upset (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disrupt

'interfere with' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'day getting purist upset' is the wordplay.
'day' becomes 'd' (abbreviation for day).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'purist' anagrammed gives 'isrupt'.
'd'+'isrupt'='DISRUPT'

(Other definitions for disrupt that I've seen before include "Interrupt and spoil" , "Disturb" , "Break up" , "Throw into disorder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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