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Poison scare in mess (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arsenic

'poison' is the definition.
(arsenic can be used as a poison)

'scare in mess' is the wordplay.
'mess' indicates anagramming the letters.
'scare'+'in'='scarein'
'scarein' with letters rearranged gives 'ARSENIC'.

(Other definitions for arsenic that I've seen before include "killer" , "Element with many poisonous compounds" , "Poison found in races" , "Element No 33" , "Toxic metallic element used as rat poison" .)

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