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Arrange a gay reel with zest (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eagerly

'with zest' is the definition.
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'arrange a gay reel' is the wordplay.
'arrange' is an anagram indicator.
'gay'+'reel'='gayreel'
'gayreel' is an anagram of 'EAGERLY'.

(Other definitions for eagerly that I've seen before include "With keen anticipation" , "In a keen manner" , "Ardently and avidly" , "With hunger" , "anxiously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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