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Be wildly excited putting pineapple to mouth (2,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

go bananas

'be wildly excited' is the definition.

'pineapple to mouth' is the wordplay.
'pineapple' becomes 'ananas' ('ananas' can be a synonym of 'pineapple').
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'mouth' becomes 'gob' (I've seen this before).
'ananas' put after 'gob' is 'GO BANANAS'.

'putting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for go bananas that I've seen before include "Get very annoyed" , "Become mad or furious" , "Lose one's cool" , "Flip one's lid (sl.)" , "Freak out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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