Worried bear skinned many (5)
I believe the answer is:
eaten
'worried' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'bear skinned many' is the wordplay.
'skinned' means to look at the middle letters.
'many' becomes 'ten' (example).
The middle letters of 'bear' are 'ea'.
'ea'+'ten'='EATEN'
(Other definitions for eaten that I've seen before include "Devoured" , "Put away" , "Polished off" , "courses enjoyed?" , "dinners should be" .)