Nervous about tyre kits getting damaged (8)

I believe the answer is:

skittery

'nervous' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tyre kits getting damaged' is the wordplay.
'getting damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tyre'+'kits'='tyrekits'
'tyrekits' anagrammed gives 'SKITTERY'.

'about' is the link.

(Another definition for skittery that I've seen is " Restless".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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