Like some robbers in film, angry to be tailed (7)
I believe the answer is:
piratic
'like some robbers in film angry to be tailed' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'in film angry to be tailed' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'film' becomes 'pic' (short for picture).
'angry' becomes 'irate' (irate can mean angry or annoyed).
'to be tailed' means to remove the last letter (to tail something can mean to remove its end).
'irate' with its last letter removed is 'irat'.
'pic' placed around 'irat' is 'PIRATIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for piratic that I've seen before include "of privateer" , "such as Blackbeard?" , "just like 25 [HOOK] ?" .)