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Remain uneasy close to shot tower (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

minaret

'tower' is the definition.
(minaret is a kind of tower)

'remain uneasy close to shot' is the wordplay.
'uneasy' indicates an anagram.
'close to' suggests the final letters (the close/ending of).
The final letter of 'shot' is 't'.
'remain' with letters rearranged gives 'minare'.
'minare'+'t'='MINARET'

(Other definitions for minaret that I've seen before include "Mosque's tower" , "Raiment worn on mosque tower" , "Appropriate raiment for mosque tower" , "tower in Istanbul, say" , "Mosque spire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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