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Case of nun infiltrating peak event for ladies (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hen night

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'event for ladies' is the definition.
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'case of nun infiltrating peak' is the wordplay.
'case of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (like emptying a case).
'infiltrating' indicates putting letters inside.
'peak' becomes 'height' (synonyms).
'nun' with its middle removed is 'nn'.
'nn' placed within 'height' is 'HEN NIGHT'.

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(Other definitions for hen night that I've seen before include "Bride's celebration before wedding" , "Amusing the girls, bash" , "Bridal celebration" , "Bride-to-be's party" , "Party for women only" .)

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