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Long live the community showing animation (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vivacity

'animation' is the definition.
(I know that vivacity is a type of high-spiritedness)

'long live the community' is the wordplay.
'long live' becomes 'viva' (I've seen this before).
'the community' becomes 'city' (I've seen this in another clue).
'viva'+'city'='VIVACITY'

'showing' is the link.

(Other definitions for vivacity that I've seen before include "Animated liveliness" , "Animation" , "Spiritedness" , "High-spiritedness" , "High spirits" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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