Cryptic crossword clue
Act nervously when Jack Bishop leaves full of anger 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word JITTER

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The straight part
We know that "Act nervously" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case act nervously = jitter.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does JITTER mean?

JITTER noun
  1. A nervous action; a tic.
  2. (chiefly in the plural, often with "the") A state of nervousness.
  3. An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
  4. (data visualization) A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.
JITTER verb
  1. To be nervous.
  2. (data visualization) To randomly position of data points to avoid visual overlap.
JITTER noun
  1. A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.

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