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Detectives eating lots turned up full of beans (7)

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I believe the answer is:

dynamic

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'detectives eating lots turned up full of beans' is the definition.
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'detectives eating lots turned up' is the wordplay.
'detectives' becomes 'CID' (abbreviation for Criminal Investigation Department).
'eating' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'lots' becomes 'many' (many means lots of something).
'turned up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'cid' placed around 'many' is 'cimanyd'.
'cimanyd' back-to-front is 'DYNAMIC'.

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(Other definitions for dynamic that I've seen before include "Constantly changing" , "Powerful and vigorous" , "Go-getting" , "High-powered" , "Having power" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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