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Heading for Dubrovnik and Split, having lots of energy (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

driven

'having lots of energy' is the definition.

'heading for dubrovnik and split' is the wordplay.
'heading for' says to take the initial letters.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'split' becomes 'riven' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'dubrovnik' is 'd'.
'd'+'riven'='DRIVEN'

(Other definitions for driven that I've seen before include "Determined" , "(Psychologically) impelled" , "Urges or conveyed, perhaps in car" , "Propelled like a hard bargain" , "Strongly motivated to succeed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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