Fear and chagrin turned out to be profound (3-8)
I believe the answer is:
far-reaching
'profound' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'fear and chagrin turned out' is the wordplay.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'turned out' is an anagram indicator.
'fear'+'chagrin'='fearchagrin'
'fearchagrin' is an anagram of 'FAR-REACHING'.
'to be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for far-reaching that I've seen before include "Wiith extensive effect" , "Widespread" , "Widely-applicable" , "Wide-ranging" .)