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Afraid no air's circulating in home (8)

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I believe the answer is:

paranoid

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'afraid' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'no air's circulating in home' is the wordplay.
'circulating' indicates an anagram.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'home' becomes 'pad' (pad can mean someone's home).
'no'+'air'='noair'
'noair' with letters rearranged gives 'ranoi'.
'ranoi' going into 'pad' is 'PARANOID'.

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(Other definitions for paranoid that I've seen before include "Afflicted with delusions of persecution" , "Irrationally obsessed by fear etc" , "Excessively suspicious" , "one given to suspicion" , "Suffering delusions; road pain (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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