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Mass trial arranged for scaremongers (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alarmists

'scaremongers' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mass trial arranged' is the wordplay.
'arranged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mass'+'trial'='masstrial'
'masstrial' with letters rearranged gives 'ALARMISTS'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alarmists that I've seen before include "Scaremongers" , "They arouse people's fears needlessly" , "Such will be inclined to panic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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