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Excited Greens die out (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

energised

'excited' is the definition.
('excited'->'energized' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'greens die out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'greens'+'die'='greensdie'
'greensdie' anagrammed gives 'ENERGISED'.

(Other definitions for energised that I've seen before include "Gave vitality to" , "Roused" , "Animated" , "ready for action" , "Given drive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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