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Speechless with anger when duke denied offence (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

umbrage

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'offence' is the definition.
(I know that offence can be written as umbrage)

'speechless with anger when duke denied' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'anger' could be 'rage' (rage is a kind of anger) and 'rage' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for umbrage that I've seen before include "Take this to feel offence" , "Resentment, offence" , "Feeling of anger caused by being offended" , "Take this to show offence" , "Take this to be offended" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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