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Excitedly greet clan figure (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rectangle

'figure' is the definition.
(rectangle is a kind of figure)

'excitedly greet clan' is the wordplay.
'excitedly' is an anagram indicator (letters excited or stimulated into a new form).
'greet'+'clan'='greetclan'
'greetclan' is an anagram of 'RECTANGLE'.

(Other definitions for rectangle that I've seen before include "Oblong" , "Quadrilateral" , "Geometric figure with four right angles, not square" , "Four sides involved in this" , "Four-sided figure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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