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Emotional old lover worthy of praise in war? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

excitable

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'emotional' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'old lover worthy of praise in war?' is the wordplay.
'old lover' becomes 'ex' (an ex-lover).
'worthy of praise in war?' becomes 'citable' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ex'+'citable'='EXCITABLE'

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(Other definitions for excitable that I've seen before include "Hot-headed" , "Easily aroused or made emotional" , "Easily stimulated" , "Highly strung - easily roused" , "Volatile" .)

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