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Curate claps wildly for lavish show (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spectacular

'lavish show' is the definition.
(a spectacular is an amazing show)

'curate claps wildly' is the wordplay.
'wildly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'curate'+'claps'='curateclaps'
'curateclaps' with letters rearranged gives 'SPECTACULAR'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for spectacular that I've seen before include "Extravaganza" , "Very striking or dramatic" , "Thrilling in effect" , "Visually astounding" , "Impressive, striking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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