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Run - I'm scared opening of Surströmming will produce unpleasant smells (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reeks

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'smells' is the definition.
(reek is a kind of smell)

'run i'm scared opening of' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'i'm' becomes 'eek' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'opening of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'scared' is 's'.
'r'+'eek'+'s'='REEKS'

'surstromming will produce unpleasant' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for reeks that I've seen before include "Gives off a strong unpleasant smell" , "Macgillycuddy's - -" , "Stinks to high heaven" , "offensive odours" , "Is humming" .)

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