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Club almost on tee / hole (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nightspot

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'club' is the definition.
(I know that club can be written as nightspot)

'almost on tee hole' is the wordplay.
'almost' becomes 'nigh' (nigh can mean almost or nearly).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tee' becomes 't'.
'hole' becomes 'spot' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'nigh'+'t'+'spot'='NIGHTSPOT'

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(Other definitions for nightspot that I've seen before include "club, perhaps" , "venue providing entertainment" , "Club, disco" , "Place for after-dark entertainment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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