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Coach employs magic for big sporting occasion (7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

olympic games

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'big sporting occasion' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'coach employs magic' is the wordplay.
'coach' is an anagram indicator (coach can mean to change or improve).
'employs'+'magic'='employsmagic'
'employsmagic' anagrammed gives 'OLYMPIC GAMES'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for olympic games that I've seen before include "sporting festival" , "Four-yearly event" , "Two thousand and twelve London event" , "Event whose sign here" , "Periodic sporting contests" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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