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What's loud has listener showing anxiety (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fear

'anxiety' is the definition.
(I know that fear is a type of anxiety)

'what's loud has listener' is the wordplay.
'what's loud' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'listener' becomes 'ear' (body part which hears or listens).
'f'+'ear'='FEAR'

'showing' is the link.

(Other definitions for fear that I've seen before include "awe" , "Dread, great anxiety" , "Feeling of dread" , "Cutting edge" , "Dread, alarm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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