Mark and Edward are frightened (6)

I believe the answer is:

scared

'are frightened' is the definition.
(scared means frightened or fearful)

'mark and edward' is the wordplay.
'mark' becomes 'scar' (mark left by an injury).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'edward' becomes 'Ed' (short for Edward).
'scar'+'ed'='SCARED'

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

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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