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An enthusiast to get on and flourish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fanfare

'flourish' is the definition.
(I know that flourish can be written as fanfare)

'an enthusiast to get on' is the wordplay.
'an enthusiast' becomes 'fan' (fan is a kind of enthusiast).
'to get on' becomes 'fare' (I've seen this in another clue).
'fan'+'fare'='FANFARE'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for fanfare that I've seen before include "Musical flourish" , "Ceremonious sounding of trumpets" , "Flourish played at military Ceremonial" , "Short ceremonial tune for trumpets" , "Short piece of music played on brass instruments (for the Common Man?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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