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Seductive woman angers bloodsuckers (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vampires

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'bloodsuckers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'seductive woman angers' is the wordplay.
'seductive woman' becomes 'vamp' (I've seen this in another clue).
'angers' becomes 'ires' ('ire' can be a synonym of 'anger').
'vamp'+'ires'='VAMPIRES'

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(Other definitions for vampires that I've seen before include "Blood-suckers like Dracula" , "Dracula's people" , "Night owls" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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