Excited at talk, pointlessly (8)

I believe the answer is:

atwitter

'excited' is the definition.
(atwitter can mean in a state of excitement)

'at talk pointlessly' is the wordplay.
'talk pointlessly' becomes 'witter' (to witter is to talk about pointless matters).
'at'+'witter'='ATWITTER'

(Other definitions for atwitter that I've seen before include "excited" , "very chirpy?" , "Noisy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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