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Worried at a slur from the South (7)

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I believe the answer is:

austral

'the south' is the definition.
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'worried at a slur' is the wordplay.
'worried' is an anagram indicator.
'at'+'a'+'slur'='ataslur'
'ataslur' anagrammed gives 'AUSTRAL'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for austral that I've seen before include "Southern - rat Saul (anag)" , "Of the southern hemisphere" , "coming from Perth?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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