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Animated a veil badly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alive

'animated' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a veil badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'veil' anagrammed gives 'live'.
'a'+'live'='ALIVE'

(Other definitions for alive that I've seen before include "Still in use, not dead" , "Existing - vigorous" , "Teeming (with)" , "Quick - breathing" , "answer, as it happens" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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