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Protesting vehemently, Pam ruins rambles (2,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

up in arms

'protesting vehemently' is the definition.
(up in arms means protesting)

'pam ruins rambles' is the wordplay.
'rambles' indicates an anagram.
'pam'+'ruins'='pamruins'
'pamruins' is an anagram of 'UP IN ARMS'.

(Other definitions for up in arms that I've seen before include "Outraged" , "Prepared to protest strongly" , "Openly protesting" , "Baby may be" , "Protesting strongly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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