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Strangely, inert gas is most likely to combust (8)

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I believe the answer is:

angriest

'most likely to combust' is the definition.

'strangely inert gas' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'inert'+'gas'='inertgas'
'inertgas' with letters rearranged gives 'ANGRIEST'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for angriest that I've seen before include "Most annoyed or hostile" , "Most characteristic of 1950s young men" , "Most wrathful" , "Most incensed kind of ingrates" , "Extremely mad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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