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Alluring companion exciting Mairi's cat (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charismatic

'alluring' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'companion exciting mairi's cat' is the wordplay.
'companion' becomes 'ch' (Companion of Honour).
'exciting' is an anagram indicator.
'mairis'+'cat'='mairiscat'
'mairiscat' is an anagram of 'arismatic'.
'ch'+'arismatic'='CHARISMATIC'

(Other definitions for charismatic that I've seen before include "Inspirational in personality" , "having a strong pull" , "inspiring devotion" , "Having strongly attractive personal power" , "Charming" .)

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