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Encouraging period of work penning most of Disney film (9)

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I believe the answer is:

stimulant

'encouraging' is the definition.
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'period of work penning most of disney film' is the wordplay.
'period of work' becomes 'stint' (stint can mean a period or shift of work).
'penning' indicates putting letters inside.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'disney film' becomes 'Mulan' (Mulan is a Disney film).
'mulan' with its last letter removed is 'mula'.
'stint' placed around 'mula' is 'STIMULANT'.

(Other definitions for stimulant that I've seen before include "Booster" , "Energizer" , "Increasing vital action" , "Reviver" , "Tonic, pick-me-up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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