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Almost all weapons creating panics (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alarms

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'panics' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both feelings as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'almost all weapons' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'weapons' becomes 'arms' ('arm' can be a synonym of 'weapon').
'all' with its last letter removed is 'al'.
'al'+'arms'='ALARMS'

'creating' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for alarms that I've seen before include "Frightens, makes afraid" , "Scares with warning devices" , "Devices to signal danger" , "Frightens, scares" , "Fills with apprehension" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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