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Shock loudly with kit, then confuse (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frighten

'shock' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'loudly with kit then confuse' is the wordplay.
'loudly' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'kit' becomes 'rig' (I've seen this before).
'confuse' indicates an anagram.
'then' with letters rearranged gives 'hten'.
'rig' put into 'hten' is 'righten'.
'f'+'righten'='FRIGHTEN'

(Other definitions for frighten that I've seen before include "Put the wind up" , "Cause alarm" , "Spook" , "Cause fear" , "Cow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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