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Very angry missing start of exciting sporting event (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rallycross

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'sporting event' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'very angry' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'rally' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'angry' becomes 'cross' (cross can mean annoyed or angry).
'rally'+'cross'='RALLYCROSS'

'missing start of exciting' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for rallycross that I've seen before include "sporting event" , "Motor sport" , "it's driven in competitively" , "Car event" , "off-road racing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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