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Show anger with one getting married without license, at first (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bridle

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'show anger' is the definition.
'bridle' can be an answer for 'anger' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'show' bit.

'one getting married without license at first' is the wordplay.
'one getting married' becomes 'bride' (I've seen this before).
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'at first' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'license' is 'l'.
'bride' going around 'l' is 'BRIDLE'.

'with' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bridle that I've seen before include "Horse restraint" , "Bit and reins, etc" , "Show indignation" , "a bit? That's part of it" , "Part of horse's harness that goes on its head" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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