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Emphasised more than 500 suffering anxiety (10)

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I believe the answer is:

distressed

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'suffering anxiety' is the definition.
'distressed' can be an answer for 'suffering' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'anxiety' bit.

'emphasised more than 500' is the wordplay.
'emphasised' becomes 'stressed' ('stress' can be a synonym of 'emphasize').
'more than' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'500' becomes 'di' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stressed' after 'di' is 'DISTRESSED'.

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(Other definitions for distressed that I've seen before include "like Samson when deprived of his strength?" , "Upset; deliberately aged" , "in anguish?" , "Anxious" , "In deep pain or sorrow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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