The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ANTSY
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More clues leading to the result ANTSY
- Anxious participation in Protestant synod
- Restless, say, bothered about part of Bible
- Nervous article, testy in odd places
- Anxious worker safely evacuated
- Nervous, as might be social workers?
- Nervous and unpleasant couplesswapping round
- Vacant teenagers entering at all excited?
- Nervous, puzzling 5 across, 10 down
- Itchy Y-fronts lacking an opening Y-shape
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The straight part
We know that "excited" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case excited = antsy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ANTSY mean?
ANTSY adjective- Restless, apprehensive and fidgety