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Alert (5)

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'alert' is the definition.
(on the ball can mean alert or paying attention)

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(Other definitions for on the ball that I've seen before include "Informally alert or competent, like good soccer player" , "like a balancing seal?" , "Alert and focused as soccer player should be" , "Ready to take initiative" , "Alert - informed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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