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Turnout two hours before midnight disco? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attendance

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

'two hours before midnight disco?' is the wordplay.
'two hours before midnight' becomes 'atten' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'disco?' becomes 'dance' (I've seen this in other clues).
'atten'+'dance'='ATTENDANCE'

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(Other definitions for attendance that I've seen before include "all that turned up" , "Number present" , "Act of being present" , "People present" , "Presence; gate" .)

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