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Stupidly I led a riot as an expression of feeling (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

editorial

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'an expression of feeling' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'stupidly i led a riot' is the wordplay.
'stupidly' indicates an anagram (a stupid ordering of the letters).
'i'+'led'+'a'+'riot'='iledariot'
'iledariot' with letters rearranged gives 'EDITORIAL'.

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for editorial that I've seen before include "Newspaper article giving the editor's opinions" , "Article written" , "Newspaper item" , "Statement of a newspaper's opinion" , "Article expressing the views of the publication" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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