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Agitated farm animal that is caught in snarled net (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ebullient

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'agitated farm' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'animal that is caught in snarled net' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'bull' (bull is a kind of animal).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (abbreviation for id est, 'that is' in Latin).
'caught in' is an insertion indicator.
'snarled' indicates anagramming the letters (to snarl can mean to entangle or twist).
'bull'+'ie'='bullie'
'net' is an anagram of 'ent'.
'bullie' placed into 'ent' is 'EBULLIENT'.

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(Other definitions for ebullient that I've seen before include "Full of cheerful enthusiasm" , "Bubbling over with high spirits, animated" , "Exuberant, high-spirited" , "Bubbling with enthusiasm" , "Libel tune (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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