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All I see is unreasonable fear (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

panic

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'unreasonable fear' is the definition.
'panic' can be an answer for 'fear' (panic is a kind of fear). I am not certain of the 'unreasonable' bit.

'all i see' is the wordplay.
'all' becomes 'pan' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'see' becomes 'C' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
'pan'+'i'+'c'='PANIC'

'is' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for panic that I've seen before include "Grass" , "Sudden infectious terror" , "Sudden feeling of terror" , "Alarm - terror" , "Fear out of sixteen ac" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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