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Aware space has got cheered up (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enlightened

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'aware' is the definition.
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'space has got cheered up' is the wordplay.
'space has' becomes 'en' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'got' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cheered up' becomes 'lightened' (lightening is a kind of cheering up).
'en'+'lightened'='ENLIGHTENED'

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(Other definitions for enlightened that I've seen before include "Having spiritual insight" , "Rational, tolerant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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