Celebrate thirteen down — apt after a fashion (5,3,4,3)

I believe the answer is:

paint the town red

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(Other definitions for paint the town red that I've seen before include "Go on a pub crawl" , "get rid of the blues?" , "enjoy celebration" , "Celebrate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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