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Ruffled the in-crowd? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

upset

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'ruffled' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'the in-crowd?' is the wordplay.
'the in' becomes 'up' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'crowd?' becomes 'set' (I've seen this in other clues).
'up'+'set'='UPSET'

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(Other definitions for upset that I've seen before include "Make unhappy; knock over" , "Shock result!" , "Unexpected defeat - tipped over" , "Sad" , "'Disturbed, agitated (5)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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