Drink, holding weapon? Penny gets worried (7)
I believe the answer is:
alarmed
'worried' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'drink holding weapon? penny' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'ale' (ale is a kind of drink).
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'weapon?' becomes 'arm' ('arm' can be a synonym of 'weapon').
'penny' becomes 'd'.
'ale' placed around 'arm' is 'alarme'.
'alarme'+'d'='ALARMED'
'gets' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for alarmed that I've seen before include "Perceiving danger" , "Frightened, scared" , "Frightened, frightened by danger" , "Apprehensive" , "Terrified" .)