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Day Dorothy's heartless friend caught short in bar (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

martinmas

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'day' is the definition.
(Martinmas is an example)

'dorothy's heartless friend caught short in bar' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
'bar' could be 't' (T-bar is a part of a ski lift) and 't' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for martinmas that I've seen before include "Armistice Day" , "Scottish quarter day - November 11" , "one November day" , "Christian feast of 11 November" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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