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Bound to admit blunder, if scared (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terrified

'scared' is the definition.
(terrifying is a kind of scaring)

'bound to admit blunder if' is the wordplay.
'bound' becomes 'tied' (I've seen this before**).
'to admit' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'blunder' becomes 'err' (I've seen this before).
'err'+'if'='errif'
'tied' enclosing 'errif' is 'TERRIFIED'.

(Other definitions for terrified that I've seen before include "Panic-stricken - dire refit (anag)" , "Greatly frightened" , "Scared stiff" , "Extremely frightened" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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