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Lively new robots I use (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boisterous

'lively' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'new robots i use' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'robots'+'i'+'use'='robotsiuse'
'robotsiuse' with letters rearranged gives 'BOISTEROUS'.

(Other definitions for boisterous that I've seen before include "Noisy and lively" , "rollicking" , "Exuberant" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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