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Alarmists seeing Germans score in a frenzy (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scaremongers

'alarmists' is the definition.
(scaremonger is a kind of alarmist)

'germans score in a frenzy' is the wordplay.
'in a frenzy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'germans'+'score'='germansscore'
'germansscore' is an anagram of 'SCAREMONGERS'.

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scaremongers that I've seen before include "Alarmists" , "People who cause fear or fright" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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