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Capricious press agencies reject pics with great enthusiasm (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eagerness

'great enthusiasm' is the definition.

'capricious press agencies reject pics' is the wordplay.
'capricious' indicates anagramming the letters.
'reject' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'press'+'agencies'='pressagencies'
'pressagencies' with 'pics' taken out is 'resagenes'.
'resagenes' with letters rearranged gives 'EAGERNESS'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for eagerness that I've seen before include "Keen interest" , "Avidity" , "'Keenness, avidness (9)'" , "Keenness, enthusiasm" , "Sense rage (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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