The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPIRITED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SPIRITED
- Lively one entering the next day
- Vivace observed to include ritardando
- Declines to rise around ceremony that’s lively
- After hydrogen’s dissipated, experimental Petri dish is full of life
- Lively, seen to keep slowing down
- Lively pair oddly attending religious ceremony in Swaziland
- Determined to encourage journalist
- courageous?
- Lively — as seances, supposedly?
- Lively, oddly speedy about split up over sex
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The straight part
We know that "Vivace" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case vivace = spirited.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SPIRITED mean?
SPIRITED verb- To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
- To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up.
- Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.