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A vile mixture and bubbly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alive

'bubbly' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a vile mixture' is the wordplay.
'mixture' is an anagram indicator.
'vile' is an anagram of 'live'.
'a'+'live'='ALIVE'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alive that I've seen before include "In existence" , "Existing - vigorous" , "Existent" , "operative?" , "answer, as it happens" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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