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Woken in so rude a fashion? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aroused

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'woken' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'so rude a fashion?' is the wordplay.
'fashion?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'fashioning' mean this).
'so'+'rude'+'a'='sorudea'
'sorudea' anagrammed gives 'AROUSED'.

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for aroused that I've seen before include "Woken - excited" , "Brought to" , "Keenly excited" , "Excited, stimulated" , "Inspired" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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