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Obviously not a clandestine date (4,7)

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I believe the answer is:

open meeting

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'obviously not a clandestine date' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'not a clandestine date' is the wordplay.
'not' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'a clandestine' becomes 'pen' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'date' becomes 'meeting'.
'o'+'pen'+'meeting'='OPEN MEETING'

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