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Affair during night never recalled (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

event

'affair' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'during night never recalled' is the wordplay.
'during' indicates a hidden word.
'recalled' is a reversal indicator.
'tneve' can be found hidden inside 'night never'.
'tneve' written backwards gives 'EVENT'.

(Other definitions for event that I've seen before include "important" , "Incident, occurrence" , "Meeting" , "Something taking place" , "Something going on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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