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Anxious England gutted: Germany too! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

edgy

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'anxious' is the definition.
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'england gutted germany too' is the wordplay.
'gutted' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'germany too' becomes 'gy' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'england' with its centre removed is 'ed'.
'ed'+'gy'='EDGY'

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(Other definitions for edgy that I've seen before include "Extremely" , "Uneasy" , "Visibly nervous" , "Red shade" , "Keyed up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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