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Vivacity in dancing priest (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esprit

'vivacity' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dancing priest' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'priest' with letters rearranged gives 'ESPRIT'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for esprit that I've seen before include "Sparkling quality" , "Liveliness - priest (anag)" , "Group morale is . . . . . . de corps" , "Vivacity - wit" , "Stripe (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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