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Joyous aunt with beer drunk receiving kiss (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exuberant

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

'aunt with beer drunk receiving kiss' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'kiss' becomes 'x' (X can represent a kiss).
'aunt' put after 'beer' is 'beeraunt'.
'beeraunt' with letters rearranged gives 'euberant'.
'euberant' enclosing 'x' is 'EXUBERANT'.

(Other definitions for exuberant that I've seen before include "Full of beans" , "Exeunt bar, being in high spirits" , "Joyously unrestrained" , "Vivacious; effusive" , "Full of high spirits, very lively" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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