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The heartless rich I suspect to be more irritating (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

itchier

'be more irritating' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the heartless rich i suspect' is the wordplay.
'heartless' means to remove the middle letters.
'suspect' indicates an anagram.
'the' with its middle taken out is 'te'.
'te'+'rich'+'i'='terichi'
'terichi' with letters rearranged gives 'ITCHIER'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for itchier that I've seen before include "Comparatively irritating" , "More fidgety, more restless" , "More ticklish" , "burning intensely!" , "more aggravating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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