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Impersonate party animal no longer (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dodo

'animal no longer' is the definition.
(extinct animal)

'impersonate party' is the wordplay.
'impersonate' becomes 'do' ('do' can mean to do an impression of).
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'do'+'do'='DODO'

(Other definitions for dodo that I've seen before include "one finished?" , "Idiot" , "One deeply reactionary" , "Proverbially extinct bird" , "bird long dead" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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