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Men scoffed after harangue (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orate

'harangue' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'men scoffed after' is the wordplay.
'men' becomes 'or' (I've seen this in other clues).
'scoffed' becomes 'ate' ('to scoff' is to eat).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'or'+'ate'='ORATE'

(Other definitions for orate that I've seen before include "Spout" , "Make a lengthy speech" , "Lecture" , "Harangue" , "Hold forth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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