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Southern furies turned out to be more picky (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fussier

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'be more picky' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'southern furies turned out' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'turned out' is an anagram indicator (turn out can mean to organise).
's'+'furies'='sfuries'
'sfuries' anagrammed gives 'FUSSIER'.

'to' is the link.

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