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In a film, one in seven is so cheerful (5)

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'cheerful' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for happy that I've seen before include "Well-pleased" , "A not so low" , "Pleased; fortunate" , "Doc's smiling pal" , "One of the Seven Dwarves" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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