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Offended being blown by detectives (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disgusted

'offended' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'blown by detectives' is the wordplay.
'blown' becomes 'gusted' ().
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'detectives' becomes 'dis' (Detective Inspectors, DIs).
'gusted' put after 'dis' is 'DISGUSTED'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Another definition for disgusted that I've seen is " Sickened, revolted".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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