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Bubbly drunk in Greece? About time (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

energetic

'bubbly' is the definition.
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'drunk in greece? about time' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'time' becomes 't'.
'in'+'greece'='ingreece'
'ingreece' anagrammed gives 'energeic'.
'energeic' enclosing 't' is 'ENERGETIC'.

(Other definitions for energetic that I've seen before include "It's vital" , "Forceful, vigorous" , "Lively, spirited" , "Full of go" , "Vigorous and dynamic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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