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On the ball (5)

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alive

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">on the ball</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for alive that I've seen before include "Quick - breathing" , "Still kicking, say" , "Animated and kicking" , "answer, as it happens" , "Go or walk briskly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, the King Feature Syndicate, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The Guardian, The Mirror, the LA Times, The New York Times and the Newsday.
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