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Tense difficult, might you say? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uneasy

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'tense' is the first definition.
(similar in meaning)

'difficult might you say?' is the second definition.
(un-easy, not easy - imaginative interpretation)

(Other definitions for uneasy that I've seen before include "Anxious, nervous" , "Shakespeare: '. . . . . lies the head that wears a crown'" , "Anxious, unquiet" , "Disturbed" , "Awkward" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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