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Excitement level beyond measure! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drama

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

'level beyond measure' is the wordplay.
'level beyond' becomes 'dra' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'measure' becomes 'mA' (mA is a kind of measure).
'dra'+'ma'='DRAMA'

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(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Play - big emotional scene" , "Play (as a genre)" , "theatre show" , "spectacle of emotion" , "Literary genre for the theatre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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