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Lets art building with alarm (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

startle

'alarm' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lets art building' is the wordplay.
'building' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lets'+'art'='letsart'
'letsart' is an anagram of 'STARTLE'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for startle that I've seen before include "Surprise greatly, alarm" , "Shock, alarm" , "Frighten suddenly" , "Shock (someone)" , "Scare" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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