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Eager to figure in the publicity (4)

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I believe the answer is:

avid

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'eager' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'figure in the publicity' is the wordplay.
'figure' becomes 'vi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'publicity' becomes 'ad' (short for advert).
'vi' inserted within 'ad' is 'AVID'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for avid that I've seen before include "Keen, enthusiastic" , "'Eager, zealous (4)'" , "Keenly interested" , "deeply enthusiastic" , "passionate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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