The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PANICKY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PANICKY
- Nervous when there’s wages about to steal
- Nervous, finding money outside police station
- Frightened as the result of a slight cut in earnings
- Screw going round prison in fear
- Inclined to lose head, seeing money that’s earned outside prison
- Cooking vessel disgusting, so in a tizzy
- Frightened old man cut off, beginning to yell
- Police station in settlement makes you anxious
- Afraid wages cut will go through
- Cut in salary more than alarmed
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What does PANICKY mean?
PANICKY adjective- In a state of panic.