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Celebration for planetary transit over a grid, perhaps (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

mardi gras

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'celebration' is the definition.
(Mardi Gras is an example)

'planetary transit over a grid perhaps' is the wordplay.
'planetary transit' becomes 'maras' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'grid' anagrammed gives 'digr'.
'maras' placed around 'digr' is 'MARDI GRAS'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mardi gras that I've seen before include "festive occasion" , "Shrove Tuesday celebration" , "Revelry celebrating Shrove Tuesday" , "Shrove Tuesday carnival" , "Time for carnival" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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