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Pen a volume in fury? That's Harry! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

ravage

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'that's harry' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'pen a volume in fury?' is the wordplay.
'pen a volume' becomes 'va' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fury?' becomes 'rage' (synonyms).
'va' put into 'rage' is 'RAVAGE'.

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(Other definitions for ravage that I've seen before include "Lay waste, plunder" , "Act like a 6" , "Wreak havoc upon" , "Cause extensive destruction" , "Devastation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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