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It's exciting joining accountant for some heavy drinking (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rousing

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'it's exciting' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for rousing that I've seen before include "Stirring" , "becomes animated" , "Sour gin (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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