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When one got angry about, tried to talk sense into (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reasoned

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'tried to talk sense into' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'when one got angry about' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'as' (eg 'when I walked' means 'as I walked').
'got' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'angry' becomes 'red' (someone may go red when angry).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'as'+'one'='asone'
'asone' inserted inside 'red' is 'REASONED'.

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(Other definitions for reasoned that I've seen before include "Worked out through logic and sense" , "Argued or deduced" , "Argued, concluded" , "Performed brain operations" , "Explained logically" .)

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