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Afraid (7)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">afraid</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for alarmed that I've seen before include "Fear-stricken" , "like Icarus as wax melted?" , "Anxious; disturb" , "Flapping" , "Frightened, scared" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Daily Mail, The Independent, The Guardian and The Mirror.
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