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Anxious for the future, say (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tense

I believe this is a double definition.

'anxious' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'the future say' is the second definition.
(future is a kind of tense)

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tense that I've seen before include "past, say" , "past possibly" , "Verb form indicating time" , "Could be present" , "Not relaxed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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