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Excellent energy party picked up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

good

'excellent' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'energy party picked up' is the wordplay.
'energy' becomes 'go' (I've seen this in other clues).
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'picked up' is a reversal indicator.
'do' back-to-front is 'od'.
'go'+'od'='GOOD'

(Other definitions for good that I've seen before include "Of a high standard" , "Well done! Health-giving" , "Priestley's companions" , "Fine" , "Enjoyable -- moral" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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