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Animated production with scintillating effects (8)

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I believe the answer is:

diamante

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'scintillating effects' is the definition.
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'animated production' is the wordplay.
'production' indicates anagramming the letters.
'animated' is an anagram of 'DIAMANTE'.

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(Other definitions for diamante that I've seen before include "Small garden erection" , "Decorated with glass to imitate gems" , "Glittering fabric or costume jewellery" , "With cut glass resembling gems" , "Decorated with glass cut to resemble diamonds" .)

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