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Consumed with worry? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eaten

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'consumed with worry?' is the definition.
'eaten' can be an answer for 'consumed' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'with worry?' bit.

'consumed with worry?' is the wordplay.
'consumed' becomes 'en' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'worry?' becomes 'eat' (something worrying may eat someone up).
'en' after 'eat' is 'EATEN'.

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(Other definitions for eaten that I've seen before include "corroded" , "This bread is soon forgotten, it's said" , "What's taken in" , "Taken into the body as food" , "Got" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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