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Scared fellow caught in a sudden attack (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

afraid

'scared' is the definition.
('afraid' can be similar in meaning to 'scared')

'fellow caught in a sudden attack' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'caught in' is an insertion indicator.
'sudden attack' becomes 'raid' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'raid'='araid'
'f' inserted into 'araid' is 'AFRAID'.

(Other definitions for afraid that I've seen before include "Scared - politely regretful" , "Regretfully" , "wind up" , "feeling scared" , "cowardly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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