Crossword Genius

Fears nearly all weapons (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alarms

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

'nearly all weapons' is the wordplay.
'nearly all' becomes 'al'.
'weapons' becomes 'arms' ('arm' can be a synonym of 'weapon').
'al'+'arms'='ALARMS'

(Other definitions for alarms that I've seen before include "Warning clocks that wake us up" , "Frightens, scares" , "Alerting devices - burglars?" , "Disturbs" , "Scares or startles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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