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Frightened on a Wednesday (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

awed

'frightened' is the definition.
(awing is a kind of frightening)

'on a wednesday' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wednesday' becomes 'wed' (short for Wednesday).
'a'+'wed' is 'AWED'.

(Other definitions for awed that I've seen before include "Struck with fear/wonder" , "mouth open?" , "in wonderment" , "was dazzling" , "Overcome with reverence or wonder" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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