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Cheering up European once argument's resolved (13)

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I believe the answer is:

encouragement

'cheering up' is the definition.

'european once argument's resolved' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'resolved' is an anagram indicator.
'once'+'argument'='onceargument'
'onceargument' is an anagram of 'ncouragement'.
'e'+'ncouragement'='ENCOURAGEMENT'

(Other definitions for encouragement that I've seen before include "Act of spurring on" , "Reassurance, cheer" , "Urging" , "Persuasion" , "Motivation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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