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Fear of not having a right arm? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alarm

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'fear' is the definition.
(alarm is a kind of fear)

'right arm?' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'al' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'al'+'arm'='ALARM'

'of not having a' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for alarm that I've seen before include "Warning siren" , "Alternative to reveille" , "Noise that wakes" , "Agitate" , "Security device" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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