High spirits following danger (10)

I believe the answer is:

friskiness

'high spirits' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'following danger' is the wordplay.
'following' becomes 'f' (used when citing page numbers etc).
'danger' becomes 'riskiness' (riskiness is a kind of danger).
'f'+'riskiness'='FRISKINESS'

(Another definition for friskiness that I've seen is " Showing high spirits".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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