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Offering praise aloud, try getting excited following artist’s debut (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adulatory

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'offering praise aloud try getting excited following artist's debut' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'aloud try getting excited following artist's debut' is the wordplay.
'getting excited' is an anagram indicator.
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'debut' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'artists' is 'a'.
'aloud'+'try'='aloudtry'
'aloudtry' with letters rearranged gives 'dulatory'.
'dulatory' put after 'a' is 'ADULATORY'.

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(Other definitions for adulatory that I've seen before include "Flattering" , "Sycophantic" , "full of puff?" , "like a spaniel?" .)

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