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Name grand Frenchman on the rise that's very active (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

energetic

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

'name grand frenchman on the rise' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'cite' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'grand' becomes 'g' ('G' can be a synonym of 'grand').
'frenchman' becomes 'rene'.
'on the rise' is a reversal indicator.
'cite'+'g'+'rene'='citegrene'
'citegrene' reversed gives 'ENERGETIC'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for energetic that I've seen before include "Vigorous and dynamic" , "Showing great activity" , "It's vital" , "Full of go" , "High-powered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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