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I'm in a state of excitement (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

animation

'excitement' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'i'm in a state' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'state' becomes 'nation' (synonyms).
'a'+'nation'='anation'
'im' going into 'anation' is 'ANIMATION'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for animation that I've seen before include "Art of cartoon making" , "Liveliness and vigour" , "Liveliness - illusion of movement in cartoon films" , "Cartoon-making art" , "Making of cartoons" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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