This fear in flying could be frightfully prescient (7)

I believe the answer is:

spectre

(Other definitions for spectre that I've seen before include "after-image?" , "Respect for a ghost" , "Ghost, phantom, apparition" , "Ghostly figure" , "spirit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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