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The Clue
Hysteria of a sort (5 letter answer)
The Answer
PANIC
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Notes
The answer PANIC is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
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Definition
PANIC as a noun:
1. (panic, terror, affright) = an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
2. (panic, scare) = sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
PANIC as a verb:
1. be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
2. cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"