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Put wrath in provocative writing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satire

'provocative writing' is the definition.

'put wrath' is the wordplay.
'put' becomes 'sat' (both can mean positioned or placed).
'wrath' becomes 'ire' ('ire' can be a synonym of 'wrath').
'sat'+'ire'='SATIRE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for satire that I've seen before include "Writings ridiculing vice and folly" , "burlesque" , "Mocking humour" , "Lampoon(ery)" , "text of Juvenal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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