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Long for clubs and wild party (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crave

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

'clubs and wild party' is the wordplay.
'clubs' becomes 'c' (abbreviation used in card games such as bridge).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'wild party' becomes 'rave' (I've seen this before).
'c'+'rave'='CRAVE'

(Other definitions for crave that I've seen before include "Yearn for (something)" , "Desire strongly" , "need, desperately" , "Pine" , "Long for, desire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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