Cryptic crossword clue
Fed tripe, I could become terror-stricken 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PETRIFIED

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does PETRIFIED mean?

PETRIFIED adjective
  1. Extremely afraid.
PETRIFIED verb
  1. To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
  2. To produce rigidity akin to stone.
  3. To immobilize with fright.
  4. To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
  5. To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
  6. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

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