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Arranged slam-dance festival (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

candlemas

'festival' is the definition.
(I have seen 'A festival' mean 'candlemas' so perhaps 'festival' could also mean 'candlemas')

'arranged slam-dance' is the wordplay.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator.
'slam'+'dance'='slamdance'
'slamdance' anagrammed gives 'CANDLEMAS'.

(Other definitions for candlemas that I've seen before include "February Christian festival" , "church festival" , "feast day" , "Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary" .)

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