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Protesting strongly against fence (7)

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railing

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'protesting' is the definition.
(to rail against something is to protest it)

'strongly against fence' is the wordplay.
'strongly' becomes 'ing' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'against' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fence' becomes 'rail fence' (rail fence is a kind of fence).
'ing' after 'rail' is 'RAILING'.

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(Other definitions for railing that I've seen before include "Barrier, balustrade" , "Mocking" , "Fence of metal bars" , "Complaining bitterly - barrier" , "Fulminating against the barrier?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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