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Wobbly set a danger for star (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asterisk

'star' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'wobbly set a danger' is the wordplay.
'wobbly' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'danger' becomes 'risk' (risk is a kind of danger).
'set'+'a'='seta'
'seta' anagrammed gives 'aste'.
'aste'+'risk'='ASTERISK'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for asterisk that I've seen before include "Text-marking symbol" , "Sign" , "Character drawing attention to footnote" , "Star for the printer" , "Star on a page" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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