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Troublemaker revised brief on foreign currency (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

firebrand

'troublemaker' is the definition.
(I know that firebrand is a type of troublemaker)

'revised brief on foreign currency' is the wordplay.
'revised' indicates an anagram.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'foreign currency' becomes 'rand' (I've seen this before).
'brief' anagrammed gives 'fireb'.
'fireb'+'rand'='FIREBRAND'

(Other definitions for firebrand that I've seen before include "Agitator" , "Troublemaker" , "Energetic person often fomenting trouble" , "One who stirs up trouble" , "Rabble-rouser" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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