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Worried when a stain is made by the spilt tea (2,1,5)

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I believe the answer is:

in a state

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'worried' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'a stain is made by the spilt tea' is the wordplay.
'is made' indicates anagramming the letters.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the spilt' is an anagram indicator.
'stain' anagrammed gives 'inast'.
'tea' with letters rearranged gives 'ate'.
'inast'+'ate'='IN A STATE'

'when' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for in a state that I've seen is " Upset".)

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