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High anxiety (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angst

'high anxiety' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for angst that I've seen before include "uneasiness" , "Gnats (anag.)" , "Acute, but unspecific, feeling of anxiety" , "Nagging worry" , "Terrible butterflies" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and the Penny Press.
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