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Curt Irish cops ruined festival (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

corpus christi

'festival' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'curt irish cops ruined' is the wordplay.
'ruined' is an anagram indicator.
'curt'+'irish'+'cops'='curtirishcops'
'curtirishcops' with letters rearranged gives 'CORPUS CHRISTI'.

(Other definitions for corpus christi that I've seen before include "Texan city: name shared by colleges at Oxford and Cambridge" , "Oxford or Cambridge college" , "Oxbridge college" , "Church festival; Oxford college" .)

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