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Nervous
say
after
a
fall,
stuffing
knocked
out
(8)
Nervous say after a fall, stuffing knocked out (8)
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How the clue works
The definition is Nervous. Take FALL and knock out its stuffing — the inner letters AL — leaving you with FL. Then say gives you UTTER, and you build the whole thing up as A then FL then UTTER.