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Nowadays, an opening is always coming (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

advent

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'always coming' is the definition.
'advent' can be an answer for 'coming' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'always' bit.

'nowadays an opening' is the wordplay.
'nowadays' becomes 'ad'.
'an opening' becomes 'vent' (vent is a kind of opening**).
'ad'+'vent'='ADVENT'

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for advent that I've seen before include "Period in church calendar" , "Forty days preceding Christmas" , "Run-up to Christmas" , "Arrival of important person or event" , "Coming - occasion in Church calendar" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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