A Turk's foe set alarms (6,3)

I believe the answer is:

freaks out

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'alarms' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with human feelings as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'a turk's foe set' is the wordplay.
'set' indicates anagramming the letters (instruction to set the letters).
'a'+'turks'+'foe'='aturksfoe'
'aturksfoe' is an anagram of 'FREAKS OUT'.

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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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