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New taxes irritated the Bushes? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

texans

'the bushes?' is the definition.
(the Bushes of US politics are from Texas)

'new taxes irritated' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'irritated' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'n'+'taxes'='ntaxes'
'ntaxes' with letters rearranged gives 'TEXANS'.

(Another definition for texans that I've seen is " People from Dallas?".)

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