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Celebration that's in the way (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

street party

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'celebration' is the definition.
(I know that street party is a type of celebration)

'in the way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'way' could be 's' (Compass direction - South) and 's' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'that's' is the link.

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(Another definition for street party that I've seen is " Communal urban celebration".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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