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Dancing-girl with special talent announced for calendar (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

almanac

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'announced for calendar' is the definition.
'almanac' can be an answer for 'calendar' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'announced for' bit.

'dancing-girl with special talent' is the wordplay.
'dancing girl' becomes 'alma' (I've seen this before).
'with special talent' becomes 'nac' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'alma'+'nac'='ALMANAC'

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(Other definitions for almanac that I've seen before include "issue every year" , "Annual reference book" , "Annual list of dates" , "Indicates dates" , "Calendar with detailed information" .)

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