The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IRATE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result IRATE
- I make assessment, providing cross
- Informant inside that is angry
- Bob or Margaret, perhaps, tear about, furious
- I count as mad
- Vegan eats this up to make vegetarian angry
- Incensed with anger, freebooter having lost power
- Price beyond one - furious
- Angry, withholding page from copyright infringer
- Marauder blowing top, up in arms.
- I count as angry
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What does IRATE mean?
IRATE adjective- Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.