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Worried, being stupidly bold? True (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

troubled

'worried' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'stupidly bold? true' is the wordplay.
'stupidly' is an anagram indicator (a stupid ordering of the letters).
'bold'+'true'='boldtrue'
'boldtrue' is an anagram of 'TROUBLED'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for troubled that I've seen before include "Bothered, disquieted" , "Distressed, perturbed" , "Showing anxiety" , "Disturbed, bothered" , "Caused distress to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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