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It's good for Ali to be in love and show animation (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

look alive

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'show animation' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'it's good for ali to be in love' is the wordplay.
'it's good' becomes 'ok'.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to be in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ok'+'ali'='okali'
'okali' placed inside 'love' is 'LOOK ALIVE'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for look alive that I've seen is " Come on".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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