Fellow dined with deputy head and became quite animated (6)
I believe the answer is:
heated
'became quite animated' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'fellow dined with deputy head' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'he' ('he' refers to a man).
'dined' becomes 'ate' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'head' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'deputy' is 'd'.
'he'+'ate'+'d'='HEATED'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heated that I've seen before include "Vehement" , "Made warm" , "Baked; angry" , "Angry, getting warm" , "This type of argument is passionate" .)