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Being festively honoured, interrupt a meal for a tango (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feted

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'being festively honoured interrupt a' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'meal for a tango' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'tango' could be 't' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 't' is found in the answer.
'meal' could be 'feed' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'feed' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for feted that I've seen before include "Wined and dined, celebrated" , "Lionised" , "Honoured lavishly" , "Wined, dined and honoured" , "Honoured with festivities" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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