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Worry about Victor being cut (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carve

'being cut' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'worry about victor' is the wordplay.
'worry' becomes 'care' (eg without a care means without a worry).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'care' enclosing 'v' is 'CARVE'.

(Other definitions for carve that I've seen before include "Cut (cooked meat)" , "produced by desire, with a shifting to the left" , "Chisel, sculpt" , "Cut meat into slices for eating" , "Cut into pieces" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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