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Celebrated with a meal around opening time (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feted

'celebrated' is the definition.
('fete' can be a synonym of 'celebrate')

'meal around opening time' is the wordplay.
'meal' becomes 'feed' (feed can mean food).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'opening' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'time' is 't'.
'feed' placed around 't' is 'FETED'.

'with a' acts as a link.

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

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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