Celebration with drink for fabulously animated figure (7)
I believe the answer is:
galatea
'fabulously animated figure' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'celebration with drink' is the wordplay.
'celebration' becomes 'gala' (gala is a kind of celebration).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drink' becomes 'tea' (tea is a drink).
'gala'+'tea'='GALATEA'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for galatea that I've seen before include "Pygmalion's statue that lived" , "Pygmalion's brought-to-life statue" , "Pygmalion's statue brought to life by Aphrodite" .)