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Cheerful conductor's gesture? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

upbeat

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This clue could be a double definition.

'cheerful' is the first definition.
(I know that cheerful can be written as upbeat)

'conductor's gesture?' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for upbeat that I've seen before include "in every bar" , "Optimistic - anacrusis" , "Cheerfully optimistic" , "Promising" , "bright and cheery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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