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Threatening tenant from internet café, worryingly (6)

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I believe the answer is:

fierce

'threatening' is the definition.
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'tenant from internet cafe worryingly' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'worryingly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters are disturbed or worried).
'internet'+'cafe'='internetcafe'
'internetcafe' with 'tenant' taken out is 'irecfe'.
'irecfe' anagrammed gives 'FIERCE'.

(Other definitions for fierce that I've seen before include "Unpleasantly extreme, not gentle" , "Barbarous" , "Violent in temper or manner" , "intensity" , "Menacingly wild" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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