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Scared, female caught in a foray (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

afraid

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

'female caught in a foray' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'caught in' is an insertion indicator.
'foray' becomes 'raid' ('raid' can be a synonym of 'foray').
'a'+'raid'='araid'
'f' put into 'araid' is 'AFRAID'.

(Other definitions for afraid that I've seen before include "Timorous" , "Regretfully" , "Scared - politely regretful" , "with butterflies" , "feeling scared" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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