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Cretan, say, sees land rise, worried (8)

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I believe the answer is:

islander

'cretan say' is the definition.
(I know that Cretan is a type of islander)

'land rise worried' is the wordplay.
'worried' is an anagram indicator (worry can mean to interfere with or disturb).
'land'+'rise'='landrise'
'landrise' with letters rearranged gives 'ISLANDER'.

'sees' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for islander that I've seen before include "One living away from mainland" , "Samoan, Sardinian, Sumatran etc" , "Inhabitant of Skye, say" , "one from Jersey, perhaps" , "One from e.g. Skye" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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