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Something that's made Conservative irate, no wild! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

creation

'something' is the definition.
(I know that creation is a type of object)

'made conservative irate no wild' is the wordplay.
'made' indicates an anagram.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'c'+'irate'='cirate'
'cirate' is an anagram of 'creati'.
'no' with letters rearranged gives 'on'.
'creati'+'on'='CREATION'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for creation that I've seen before include "Beginning event" , "Haydn oratorio" , "The bringing into existence of something" , "Act of bringing into being" , "A thing made or invented" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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