The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 13 letter word CONSTERNATION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CONSTERNATION
- Anxiety about millions leaving huge country
- At first, cinemagoer natters rudely during tear-jerker, causing dismay
- Unease caused by Conservative standing in for magnificent leader in enormous country
- Dismay of criminal’s time with Queen and Country
- Business people must hold back alarm
- Dismay of company people having to accept authoritarian
- Panic seeing rook, queen and knight in position
- Dismay one inside with austere allowance that’s not right
- Panic, seeing stars forgetting lines replaced by sailors
- Dismay — poor Tories cannot win without Women’s Institute
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The straight part
We know that "Panic" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case panic = consternation.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CONSTERNATION mean?
CONSTERNATION noun- Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.