The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ANGST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ANGST
- Strong tastes, first to last, creating uncomfortable feeling
- Horrible feeling commonly looms over time
- Horrible giants, one departing in state of anxiety
- Worry gangster has got in
- What starts off anxious new guy sensing trouble?
- Manage surety in prime locations in dread
- Little time lost amongst all that apprehension
- Anxious state no good in a street
- Chronic unease stings, first to last
- Dread finishing ultra marathon going less fast
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What does ANGST mean?
ANGST noun- Emotional turmoil; painful sadness.
- A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
- To suffer angst; to fret.