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Liven up, being at home with whisky? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inspirit

'liven up' is the definition.
(I know that inspirit is a more specific form of the action liven up)

'at home with whisky?' is the wordplay.
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'whisky?' becomes 'spirit' (whisky is an alcoholic spirit).
'in'+'spirit'='INSPIRIT'

'being' is the link.

(Another definition for inspirit that I've seen is " Encourage, enliven".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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