Racy cadets worried faint-hearted person (10)

I believe the answer is:

scaredycat

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'faint-hearted person' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'racy cadets worried' is the wordplay.
'worried' indicates anagramming the letters (worry can mean to interfere with or disturb).
'racy'+'cadets'='racycadets'
'racycadets' anagrammed gives 'SCAREDYCAT'.

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(Another definition for scaredycat that I've seen is " Chicken".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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