Cryptic crossword clue
The old get anxious, it being missing from motorist’s tools? 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CARK

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The straight part
We know that "The old get anxious" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the old get anxious = cark.
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 CARK mean?

CARK noun
  1. A noxious or corroding worry.
  2. The state of being filled with worry.
CARK verb
  1. To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
  2. To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
  3. To labor anxiously.
CARK verb
  1. To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.
  2. To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
  3. Fuck
CARK verb
  1. See cark it.

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