The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NERVY
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More clues leading to the result NERVY
- Terminals in nine ready, five plugs wired
- Anxious French marshal clutching version of Bible
- Anxious
- Regularly dismissed once brave Yankee that’s fearful
- Twitchy, very neurotic primarily?
- On edge as Queen covers third of tracks from Kind of Blue
- One’s innermost character, very troubled and anxious
- Anxious entertainer vying for part
- Anxious, on edge over Vaslav Nijinsky’s last letters
- New leader very distressed and anxious
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The straight part
We know that "anxious" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case anxious = nervy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NERVY mean?
NERVY adjective- Having nerve; bold; brazen.
- Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.
- Strong; sinewy.
- Jittery; having unwanted signal characteristics.