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Awfully sacred? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scared

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'awfully sacred?' is the definition.
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'awfully sacred?' is the wordplay.
'awfully' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sacred' with letters rearranged gives 'SCARED'.

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(Other definitions for scared that I've seen before include "Afraid of cedars" , "Frightened, alarmed" , "Afraid, anxious" , "Frightened or intimidated" , "in fright" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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