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Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day? as for the rest?

Ross

I believe the answer is:

holidays

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'christmas day and st stephen's' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'day? as for the rest?' is the wordplay.
'day? as' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the rest?' becomes 'holiday' (I've seen this before).
's' after 'holiday' is 'HOLIDAYS'.

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(Other definitions for holidays that I've seen before include "Lidos, yah? (Anag)" , "Is away" , "Leaves" , "Periods of release from work" , "Leisure periods" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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