Worried? Dip limb in ale before commencement of dinner (7)

I believe the answer is:

alarmed

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'worried? dip' is the definition.
'alarmed' can be an answer for 'worried?' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'dip' bit.

'limb in ale before commencement of dinner' is the wordplay.
'limb' becomes 'arm' (arm is a kind of limb).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'commencement of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'dinner' is 'd'.
'arm' put into 'ale' is 'alarme'.
'alarme'+'d'='ALARMED'

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(Other definitions for alarmed that I've seen before include "Perceiving danger" , "Flapping" , "Frightened, scared" , "Frightened, startled" , "Fear-stricken" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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