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Rancour of nurses so absurd (8)

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I believe the answer is:

sourness

'rancour' is the definition.
(bitter or sour behaviour)

'nurses so absurd' is the wordplay.
'absurd' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nurses'+'so'='nursesso'
'nursesso' is an anagram of 'SOURNESS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Another definition for sourness that I've seen is " Acidic taste".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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