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Remain vindictively venting in group (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bevy

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'in group' is the definition.
'bevy' can be an answer for 'group' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'in' bit.

'remain vindictively venting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'remain' could be 'be' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'be' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bevy that I've seen before include "Group, of beauties perhaps (4)" , "A large group - of beauties?" , "female company?" , "Many women" , "Drink - collection of beauties?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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