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Lively music in island cricket club I love (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

capriccio

'lively music' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'island cricket club i love' is the wordplay.
'island' becomes 'capri' (I've seen this before**).
'cricket club' becomes 'cc'.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'capri'+'cc'+'i'+'o'='CAPRICCIO'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for capriccio that I've seen before include "Lively work" , "Strauss opera" , "Free instrumental composition, played with improvisation" , "A lively piece of music" , "Kind of free composition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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