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Any diary entry for August? Not normally — save for this? (9)

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arainyday

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'save for this?' is the definition.
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'any diary entry for august? not normally' is the wordplay.
'entry for' says to take the initial letters (the letter which acts as the entrance to the word).
'not normally' is an anagram indicator (the normal order of letters is changed).
The initial letter of 'august' is 'a'.
'any'+'diary'+'a'='anydiarya'
'anydiarya' anagrammed gives 'ARAINYDAY'.

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