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Popular fellow -- before feeble anger (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inflame

'anger' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'popular fellow before feeble' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in'.
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'feeble' becomes 'lame' ('lame' can be a synonym of 'feeble').
'in'+'f'+'lame'='INFLAME'

(Other definitions for inflame that I've seen before include "Make (a situation) worse" , "fan" , "Incite" , "Exacerbate" , "Provoke to anger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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