The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANIMATOR
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More clues leading to the result ANIMATOR
- Inspiring person to go for gold, clinching win finally
- Inspiring type partial to foxtrot – am I naturally uplifting?
- Park, perhaps, where bird stands on a rock
- Catching first of mittens, I ran to a loose drawer perhaps?
- Who’ll produce moving art in a mo?
- Disney maybe having an alternative aim to bitter end
- Not Maria’s woolly drawer
- Disney was one such man, to air figures in a new way
- One drawing up list of staff protecting old African leader
- He enlivens the soul, reversing decay
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "He enlivens" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case he enlivens = animator.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ANIMATOR mean?
ANIMATOR noun- One who animates something; one who brings something to life or the appearance of life.
- One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist.