Fearing daughter reaching town (8)
I believe the answer is:
dreading
'fearing' is the definition.
('dread' can be a synonym of 'fear')
'daughter reaching town' is the wordplay.
'daughter reaching' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'town' becomes 'reading' (I've seen this before).
'd'+'reading'='DREADING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dreading that I've seen before include "Certainly not looking forward to" , "Being terribly afraid of something to come" , "anxious about" , "Feeling apprehensive" , "Looking ahead with apprehension" .)