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Likely to laugh during performance, German luvvy cleared out (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

giggly

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'likely to laugh during' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'performance german luvvy cleared out' is the wordplay.
'performance' becomes 'gig' (a gig is a musical concert).
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'cleared out' means to remove the middle letters.
'luvvy' with its middle removed is 'ly'.
'gig'+'g'+'ly'='GIGGLY'

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(Other definitions for giggly that I've seen before include "Having little nervous bursts of laughter" , "Prone to chuckling" .)

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