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Seeing no more stars upset them (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

directorate

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'them' is the definition.
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'seeing no more stars upset' is the wordplay.
'seeing no more stars' becomes 'director' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'upset' becomes 'ate' (to eat up is worry or upset).
'director'+'ate'='DIRECTORATE'

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(Other definitions for directorate that I've seen before include "Those running company" , "Board members" , "Bosses" , "governors" , "Part of government department dealing with a particular activity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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