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The fear somehow gets some down (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feather

'some down' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the fear somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'the'+'fear'='thefear'
'thefear' with letters rearranged gives 'FEATHER'.

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for feather that I've seen before include "Quill" , "Free hat (anag)" , "Part of a bird's plumage" , "manipulate oar" , "Part of covering of bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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