Reptile, angry, spitting out article worked in wool (9)

I believe the answer is:

crocheted

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'worked in wool' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with creating things as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'reptile angry spitting out article' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'reptile' could be 'croc' (short for crocodile) and 'croc' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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