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Witty type, cheerful and flash (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bright spark

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'witty type' is the definition.
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'cheerful and flash' is the wordplay.
'cheerful' becomes 'bright'.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'flash' becomes 'spark' (spark is a kind of flash).
'bright'+'spark'='BRIGHT SPARK'

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(Other definitions for bright spark that I've seen before include "Lively and clever individual" , "ironically, one that's witty" , "Clever person" , "one who has many good ideas" , "One full of ideas" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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