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No longer worried about Italian composer fishing here in Cork perhaps (8)

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I believe the answer is:

relieved

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'no longer worried' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'about italian composer fishing here in cork perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'about' could be 're' ('re' means regarding or about) and 're' is found in the answer.
'italian' could be 'i' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'i' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for relieved that I've seen before include "No longer distressed, reassured" , "No longer worried - now off duty" , "Sort of feeling one gets" , "Freed by a substitute? - that relaxed the tension" , "Comforted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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