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Anxiety caused when tipsy butler steals ring... (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trouble

'anxiety' is the definition.
(I know that trouble is a type of anxiety)

'tipsy butler steals ring' is the wordplay.
'tipsy' indicates an anagram.
'steals' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ring' becomes 'O' (letter resembling a ring).
'butler' anagrammed gives 'truble'.
'truble' going around 'o' is 'TROUBLE'.

'caused when' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for trouble that I've seen before include "Hassle" , "Distress - concern - effort" , "Difficulty or inconvenience" , "Pains" , "Nuisance, bother" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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