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Agitation felt when all the others lose their head? (12)

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I believe the answer is:

restlessness

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'agitation' is the definition.
(restlessness is a kind of agitation)

'their head?' is the wordplay.
'their' becomes 'restless' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'head?' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland).
'restless'+'ness'='RESTLESSNESS'

'felt when all the others lose' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for restlessness that I've seen before include "Unease" , "Inability to relax -- lessen stress (anag)" , "Inability to keep still" , "Quality involving constant activity" , "Agitation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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