The nervous anxiety associable with bugs? (7)
I believe the answer is:
jitters
'the nervous anxiety' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jitters that I've seen before include "Nervous state" , "Extreme nervousness" .)