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Making a terrible scene in anger (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incense

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'anger' is the definition.
(to incense is make angry)

'making a terrible scene in' is the wordplay.
'making' becomes 'in' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a terrible' indicates an anagram.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'scene' is an anagram of 'cense'.
'in' inserted within 'cense' is 'INCENSE'.

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(Other definitions for incense that I've seen before include "that might be sensed in church?" , "It produces a fragrant odour when burnt" , "can cause strong emotion" , "Cause strong reaction" , "Sweet-smelling spice" .)

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