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Spin dry fabric, causing worry (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

perturb

'worry' is the definition.
(to perturb is to worry or unsettle someone)

'spin dry fabric' is the wordplay.
'spin' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'dry' becomes 'brut' (type of wine).
'fabric' becomes 'rep' (rep is a kind of fabric).
'brut'+'rep'='brutrep'
'brutrep' back-to-front is 'PERTURB'.

'causing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for perturb that I've seen before include "Disconcert" , "Opera star" , "Make unsettled" , "Make uneasy or cause to be worried" , "Unsettle; PR brute (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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