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Old car not starting creates fury (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anger

'fury' is the definition.
(fury is intense anger)

'old car not starting' is the wordplay.
'old car' becomes 'banger' (slang for an old, dilapidated vehicle).
'not starting' means to remove the first letter.
'banger' with its first letter removed is 'ANGER'.

'creates' is the link.

(Other definitions for anger that I've seen before include "Irateness" , "Range (anag)" , "Greatly annoy" , "Emotion" , "Great annoyance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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