Wedding party so nearly having start delayed (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
hen night
'wedding party' is the definition.
'hen night' can be an answer for 'party' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'wedding' bit.
'nearly having start delayed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'nearly' could be 'nigh' (synonyms) and 'nigh' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hent' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'so' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hen night that I've seen before include "Party for women only" , "Bride's celebration before wedding" , "party of girls" , "Bride-to-be's party" , "prematch party" .)