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Uncommon enough to frighten about 100 (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scarce

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'uncommon' is the definition.
(scarce means rare or uncommon)

'frighten about 100' is the wordplay.
'frighten' becomes 'scare' (synonyms).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
's00' becomes 'C' (Roman numeral).
'scare' enclosing 'c' is 'SCARCE'.

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(Other definitions for scarce that I've seen before include "exceptional" , "Rarely found" , "Not often come across" , "Scant, meagre" , "Hardly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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