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Date for Roman candles to be ordered (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

calends

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'date for roman candles to be ordered' is the definition.
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'candles to be ordered' is the wordplay.
'to be ordered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'candles' anagrammed gives 'CALENDS'.

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(Other definitions for calends that I've seen before include "Start of Roman months" , "First day of month, in Rome" , "beginning of month" , "First of month (Roman)" .)

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