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Rabid eccentric in short time getting a piece of one's mind! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

midbrain

'a piece of one's mind' is the definition.
(I know that midbrain is part of brain)

'rabid eccentric in short time' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'short time' becomes 'min' (short for minute; 'short' asks for a short form).
'rabid' is an anagram of 'idbra'.
'idbra' put inside 'min' is 'MIDBRAIN'.

'getting' is the link.

(Another definition for midbrain that I've seen is " Some mind".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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