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500 married in Scots town's important event (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

landmark

'important event' is the definition.

'500 married in scots town's' is the wordplay.
'500' becomes 'd' ('d' can be a synonym of '500').
'married' becomes 'm'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'scots town' becomes 'lanark' (I've seen this before).
'd'+'m'='dm'
'dm' put within 'lanark' is 'LANDMARK'.

(Other definitions for landmark that I've seen before include "Shard, for example" , "Easily identifiable monument, for example" , "Definitive event" , "Turning point, watershed" , "Conspicuous feature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Independent.
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