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Son-in-law rising, holding a wine cocktail, feels exhilarated (5,2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

walks on air

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'feels exhilarated' is the definition.
I know that 'exhilarated' relates to this answer.

'son-in-law rising holding a wine cocktail' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wine cocktail' becomes 'kir'.
'law' reversed gives 'wal'.
'a' placed into 'kir' is 'kair'.
'wal'+'kair'='walkair'
'son' placed inside 'walkair' is 'WALKS ON AIR'.

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(Another definition for walks on air that I've seen is " is joyful".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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