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Even staggering round the bend to a meeting place (5)

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I believe the answer is:

venue

'to a meeting place' is the definition.
(place for a meeting)

'even staggering round the bend' is the wordplay.
'staggering' indicates anagramming the letters (letters stagger around).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'the bend' becomes 'U' (a U-bend is a kind of bend - pipe under sink).
'even' with letters rearranged gives 'vene'.
'vene' enclosing 'u' is 'VENUE'.

(Other definitions for venue that I've seen before include "Something is happening here" , "We could have a meeting here" , "Event location" , "Rendezvous" , "place to meet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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