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Misbehave in performance, getting excited (4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

play up

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

'performance getting excited' is the wordplay.
'performance' becomes 'play' (I have seen 'Theatrical performance ' mean 'play' so perhaps 'performance' could also mean 'play'**).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'excited' becomes 'up'.
'play'+'up'='PLAY UP'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for play up that I've seen before include "(Equipment) start malfunctioning" , "Behave uncooperatively" , "Be awkward" , "stress" , "Be painful - misbehave" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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