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Surprise (7)

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startle

'surprise' is the definition.
(to startle someone is to surprise or shock them)

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(Other definitions for startle that I've seen before include "Surprise with starlet" , "Cause to feel sudden alarm" , "Scare" , "Surprise with fright" , "Surprise greatly, alarm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and the Evening Standard.
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