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Group of artists urgently enthusiastic? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raring

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'enthusiastic?' is the definition.
(as in 'raring to go')

'group of artists urgently' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'group' could be 'ring' (a ring is a criminal organisation) and 'ring' is found within the answer.
'artists' could be 'ra' (Royal Academy of the Arts) and 'ra' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for raring that I've seen before include "Very eager (to do something)" , "Eager, impatient" , "Very keen (to go?)" , "Eager (to go?)" , "Agog" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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