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Uproar about red bus breaking free (9)

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I believe the answer is:

disburden

'free' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'uproar about red bus breaking' is the wordplay.
'uproar' becomes 'din' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'breaking' is an anagram indicator.
'red'+'bus'='redbus'
'redbus' with letters rearranged gives 'sburde'.
'din' enclosing 'sburde' is 'DISBURDEN'.

(Another definition for disburden that I've seen is " Wanting to get free".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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