Anxious and controlling (7)

I believe the answer is:

uptight

(Other definitions for uptight that I've seen before include "Tense - cross" , "Tense or angry" , "Informal word for nervously tense" , "Tensely repressed" , "Informally, nervously tense and anxious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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