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Snarls as gentle knight is wounded (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entangles

'snarls' is the definition.
('entangle' can be a synonym of 'snarl')

'as gentle knight is wounded' is the wordplay.
'knight' becomes 'n' (chess).
'is wounded' indicates anagramming the letters.
'as'+'gentle'+'n'='asgentlen'
'asgentlen' is an anagram of 'ENTANGLES'.

(Another definition for entangles that I've seen is " Twists together into a confusing mass".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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