The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word ATTRACTIVE
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More clues leading to the result ATTRACTIVE
- Right to have volunteers around getting involved and arousing interest
- Lovely piece of writing in review of musical
- Fetching tart, terribly busy
- Musical brought back to tour region is arousing interest
- Pretty energetic after a bike race with Queen
- Putting time into art somehow, energetic and able to draw
- Pretty area of land shown in musical from the east
- Pleasant-looking area in home without roof
- Hot tart cooked full of beans
- A time going over the area I have found to be fascinating
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The straight part
We know that "arousing interest" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case arousing interest = attractive.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ATTRACTIVE mean?
ATTRACTIVE adjective- Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
- Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
- Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of the opposite sex.