Kiss taxi company worker entering city in high spirits (11)

I believe the answer is:

exuberantly

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'kiss taxi company worker entering city in high spirits' is the definition.
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'kiss taxi company worker entering city' is the wordplay.
'kiss' becomes 'x' (X can represent a kiss).
'taxi company' becomes 'uber' (I've seen this before).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'entering' indicates putting letters inside.
'city' becomes 'ely' (I've seen this before).
'x'+'uber'+'ant'='xuberant'
'xuberant' going within 'ely' is 'EXUBERANTLY'.

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