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Witness affair, furious (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seething

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

'witness affair' is the wordplay.
'witness' becomes 'see' (I've seen this before).
'affair' becomes 'thing' ('thing' can be a synonym of 'affair').
'see'+'thing'='SEETHING'

(Other definitions for seething that I've seen before include "Bubbling, perhaps with rage" , "Observe object - bubbling with rage" , "very hot" , "Boiling" , "making one very angry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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