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Organise a gay reel with zest (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eagerly

'with zest' is the definition.
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'organise a gay reel' is the wordplay.
'organise' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'organised' mean this).
'gay'+'reel'='gayreel'
'gayreel' with letters rearranged gives 'EAGERLY'.

(Other definitions for eagerly that I've seen before include "In a keen manner" , "Fervently" , "With enthusiasm" , "Showing impatience" , "With hunger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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