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Afraid of current, next to river keeping dry (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insecure

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

'current next to river keeping dry' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean current or trendy).
'next to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'river keeping' becomes 'ure' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dry' becomes 'sec' (similar in meaning).
'ure' after 'sec' is 'secure'.
'in'+'secure'='INSECURE'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for insecure that I've seen before include "Dangerous" , "Sinecure arranged for the nervous" , "Fearful, unsafe." , "Timid" , "Anxious - feeling unsupported" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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