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Achievement to hold small banquet (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feast

'banquet' is the definition.
(I know that banquet can be written as feast)

'achievement to hold small' is the wordplay.
'achievement' becomes 'feat' (feat is a kind of achievement).
'to hold' is an insertion indicator.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'feat' enclosing 's' is 'FEAST'.

(Other definitions for feast that I've seen before include "Repast" , "(Eat) a rich meal" , "'Enough is as good as a .....'" , "wine and dine" , "Belshazzar's party" .)

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