The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TWITCHY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TWITCHY
- Enchantress in outskirts of Troy, on edge
- Weight thrown about, feeling irritated, tense
- Nervous model losing heart to enchantress
- Nervous wife brought in miniature
- Nervous that we’re starting to be irritating
- Really small marrow finally included in stew?
- Tense your Bible uses involves understanding chapter
- Couple mostly irritated and nervous
- Nervous crone in tragedy, gutless
- Easy to spook with tail of newt, cackling and casting spells?
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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 = twitchy.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 TWITCHY mean?
TWITCHY adjective- Susceptible to twitching a lot.
- Irritable, cranky