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Sort ice out with anger on desk (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

escritoire

'desk' is the definition.
(I know that escritoire is a type of writing table)

'sort ice out with anger' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'anger' becomes 'ire' (ire is intense rage).
'sort'+'ice'='sortice'
'sortice' with letters rearranged gives 'escrito'.
'escrito'+'ire'='ESCRITOIRE'

'on' is the link.

(Other definitions for escritoire that I've seen before include "Writing desk" , "Furniture item" , "Support for author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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