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Having an irrational fear of mischievous imp in picture (6)

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I believe the answer is:

phobic

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'having an irrational fear' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'mischievous imp in picture' is the wordplay.
'mischievous imp' becomes 'hob' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'mischievous' bit.).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'picture' becomes 'pic' (short for picture).
'hob' put inside 'pic' is 'PHOBIC'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for phobic that I've seen before include "With an irrational fear" , "Suffering irrational fears" , "suffering morbid fear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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