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Oaths sure upset a writer! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

authoress

'a writer' is the definition.
(I know that authoress is a type of writer)

'oaths sure upset' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates an anagram.
'oaths'+'sure'='oathssure'
'oathssure' is an anagram of 'AUTHORESS'.

(Other definitions for authoress that I've seen before include "Female writer" , "Agatha Christie, perhaps" , "Christie possibly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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