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Grabbing the ring with a little cry of delight (7)

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I believe the answer is:

whoopee

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'cry of delight' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'grabbing the ring with a little' is the wordplay.
'grabbing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the ring with' becomes 'hoop' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a little' becomes 'wee' (I've seen this before).
'hoop' put into 'wee' is 'WHOOPEE'.

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(Other definitions for whoopee that I've seen before include "exclamation of joy" , "with great enthusiasm" , "partying" , "Expression of delight" , "Sort of cushion" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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