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Fills bus to be taken on tour, making them extremely happy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blissful

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

'fills bus to be' is the wordplay.
'to be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'fills'+'bus'='fillsbus'
'fillsbus' anagrammed gives 'BLISSFUL'.

'taken on tour making them' is the link.
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(Other definitions for blissful that I've seen before include "Completely happy and contented" , "Happy, often delusively" , "Full of joy" , "Ecstatic, rapturously happy" , "Joyous, rapt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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