Frightened by man carrying weapon? (7)
I believe the answer is:
alarmed
'frightened' is the definition.
(alarming is a kind of frightening)
'by man carrying weapon?' is the wordplay.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'man' becomes 'Al' (man's name).
'carrying weapon?' becomes 'armed' (I've seen this before).
'al' put next to 'armed' is 'ALARMED'.
(Other definitions for alarmed that I've seen before include "Frightened, startled" , "Terrified" , "Frightened, frightened by danger" , "Given a turn" , "In a panic" .)