The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EDGY
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More clues leading to the result EDGY
- Tense: description of border area?
- Limits to enraged guy expressing irritability
- Tense journalist fellow union’s leader ignored
- Nervous director general stopping the old retiring
- Nervous journalist, guy that's lost heart
- Tense BBC head entered in the out-of-date returns
- Somewhat inebriated gymnast is irritable
- Finishes off prize crossword, being very nervous
- Seedy guy regularly getting nervous
- Avant-garde clothes taken from excited guy
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The straight part
We know that "nervous" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case nervous = edgy.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does EDGY mean?
EDGY adjective- Nervous, apprehensive.
- (entertainment) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
- (entertainment) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
- Irritable.
- Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
- (of a knife or blade) Sharp.
- Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
- Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.