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Supporter of jockey claims journalist provoked (7,2)

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I believe the answer is:

stirred up

'provoked' is the definition.
(stirring up is a kind of provoking)

'supporter of jockey claims journalist' is the wordplay.
'supporter of jockey' becomes 'stirrup'.
'claims' is an insertion indicator.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'stirrup' placed around 'ed' is 'STIRRED UP'.

(Another definition for stirred up that I've seen is " Agitated".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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