Elaborate parade (7)

I believe the answer is:

pageant

(Other definitions for pageant that I've seen before include "entertaining spectacle" , "Colourful procession" , "Parade with tableaux" , "Neat gap for colourful spectacle" , "Show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the Evening Standard and The Mirror.

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