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Articles separately encountered during substantial part of weekend (8)

Ross

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saturday

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'part of weekend' is the definition.
('Saturday' is part of 'weekend')

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(Other definitions for saturday that I've seen before include "Samedi or Sabato or Samstag" , "It's Samedi in France" , "Part of the weekend" , "Day named for the sixth plant from the sun" , "- Night Fever, 1977 film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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