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Plastic egret -- nice, should be animated (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

energetic

'animated' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'plastic egret nice' is the wordplay.
'plastic' indicates anagramming the letters (plastic can mean easily moulded).
'egret'+'nice'='egretnice'
'egretnice' with letters rearranged gives 'ENERGETIC'.

'should be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for energetic that I've seen before include "High-powered" , "Showing great activity" , "Involving great activity" , "Vigorous and dynamic" , "Lively, spirited" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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