I think it was purely by chance I solved it, Malone.
I could see Sun/rag and exposed/outed and wrote down and pondered "ragouted".
Then I spotted it was an anagram of the correct answer "outraged".
Hope my form holds up when I do The Times later!
Glad the clue didn't leave you feeling outraged yourself, Rusty - some of them are rattled off very quickly! Maybe next time the spammers appear I'll be all sweetness and light, and the answers can be words such as 'happy' and 'sunny disposition'.