Mixture of male impetuosity and half-cut rage (7)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

the way I get this to work is as follows, though others may have better ideas: MALE* (with ‘impetuosity’ as the anagram indicator – seems odd) N (and, as in fish ‘n’ chips) [ra]GE. LuckofLucien’s got it: it’s M(male) ELAN (impetuosity: ‘impetuous ardour’ in Collins) [ra]GE