Kick up a fuss about receipts from bar popular around Oxford (4,9)

I believe the answer is:

take exception

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'kick up a fuss' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'receipts from bar popular around oxford' is the wordplay.
'receipts' becomes 'take' (I've seen this before).
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bar' becomes 'except' (both can mean 'not including').
'popular around oxford' becomes 'ion' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'take'+'except'+'ion'='TAKE EXCEPTION'

'about' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).

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