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Raised unrefined, enjoy being bellicose (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

warlike

'bellicose' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'raised unrefined enjoy' is the wordplay.
'raised' is a reversal indicator.
'unrefined' becomes 'raw' (I've seen this before).
'enjoy' becomes 'like' (I've seen this before).
'raw' reversed gives 'war'.
'war'+'like'='WARLIKE'

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for warlike that I've seen before include "Military" , "ready for scraps?" , "Militarily hostile" , "Hostile, belligerent" , "Bellicose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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