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Brigadier’s wild rage on the road (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gerard

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'brigadier's' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'wild rage on the road' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation**).
'rage' with letters rearranged gives 'gera'.
'gera'+'rd'='GERARD'

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(Other definitions for gerard that I've seen before include "Baron Francois ______, Napoleonic court painter" , "Chap" , "Man" , "Man's name" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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