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Speed, yelling "It's exciting!" (3-7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rip-roaring

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'exciting' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'speed yelling' is the wordplay.
'speed' becomes 'rip' (I've seen this in another clue).
'yelling' becomes 'roaring' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rip'+'roaring'='RIP-ROARING'

'it's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rip-roaring that I've seen before include "Wild and noisy" , "Exciting, boisterous" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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