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A carnival bar opening during summer (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aestival

'during summer' is the definition.
(aestival means relating to summer)

'a carnival bar opening' is the wordplay.
'carnival' becomes 'festival' (carnival is a type of festival or celebration).
'bar opening' means to remove the first letter (the word except or bar its opening letter).
'festival' with its initial letter removed is 'estival'.
'a'+'estival'='AESTIVAL'

(Another definition for aestival that I've seen is " In summer".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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