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Coming from Dave, perhaps, at the theatre (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

advent

'coming' is the definition.
(advent is the arrival or coming of something)

'dave perhaps at the theatre' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the theatre' becomes 'NT' (National Theatre).
'dave' anagrammed gives 'adve'.
'adve'+'nt'='ADVENT'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for advent that I've seen before include "Coming, arrival" , "Pre-Christmas period" , "Christian season" , "sort of calendar" , "The season leading up to Christmas" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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