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Collected works by author abridged for festival (6,7)

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I believe the answer is:

corpus christi

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'festival' is the definition.
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'collected works by author abridged' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'works' could be 'corpus' (I've seen this before) and 'corpus' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'christi' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
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(Other definitions for corpus christi that I've seen before include "Church festival; Oxford college" , "Oxbridge college" , "Texan city: name shared by colleges at Oxford and Cambridge" , "Oxford or Cambridge college" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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