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Exclamation of alarm as a horde assembled (2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

oh dear

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'exclamation of alarm' is the definition.
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'a horde assembled' is the wordplay.
'assembled' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'horde'='ahorde'
'ahorde' is an anagram of 'OH DEAR!'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for oh dear that I've seen before include "Never mind!" , "I say" , "Cry of dismay" , "That's a shame" , "That's disappointing!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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