On guard now (7)

I believe the answer is:

alerted

(Other definitions for alerted that I've seen before include "Put on guard, forewarned" , "Given warning" , "Put on guard, warned" , "Given signal" , "Related about warning notified" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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