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Irish state offer makes one angry? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irritable

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'one angry?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'irish state offer makes' is the wordplay.
'irish' becomes 'IR' (abbreviation).
'state' becomes 'RI' (Rhode Island abbreviation).
'offer makes' becomes 'table' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ir'+'ri'+'table'='IRRITABLE'

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(Other definitions for irritable that I've seen before include "Feeling grumpy" , "snappy" , "Cantankerous" , "Crotchety" , "Testy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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