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Knock over salt, beginning to annoy strongman? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

atlas

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'strongman?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'knock over salt beginning to annoy' is the wordplay.
'knock over' is a reversal indicator.
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'annoy' is 'a'.
'salt'+'a'='salta'
'salta' backwards is 'ATLAS'.

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(Other definitions for atlas that I've seen before include "Plans" , "Set of charts" , "Titan with a fearsome burden" , "Titan who held up the sky" , "Asian satin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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