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African party cuts notice for spirited session? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seance

'spirited session?' is the definition.
(session for communing with spirits)

'african party cuts notice' is the wordplay.
'african party' becomes 'anc' (African National Congress, South African party).
'cuts' is an insertion indicator (some letters cut their way into other letters).
'notice' becomes 'see' (notice can mean to spot or see).
'anc' put inside 'see' is 'SEANCE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for seance that I've seen before include "Sitting with a medium" , "Spiritualist session with medium in charge" , "Dead-contacting meeting" , "Meeting conducted by medium" , "Session for spiritualists" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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