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Perpetually angry people irritating to barmen (4-1-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rent-a-mob

'perpetually angry people' is the definition.
(rent-a-mob means a constantly protesting group)

'irritating to barmen' is the wordplay.
'irritating' indicates anagramming the letters (letters irritated or excited).
'to'+'barmen'='tobarmen'
'tobarmen' is an anagram of 'RENT-A-MOB'.

(Other definitions for rent-a-mob that I've seen before include "mass of people" , "Hired crowd (facet.)" , "Crowd for hire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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