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Festival given name from China? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eastern

'from china?' is the definition.
(China is a country of the east)

'festival given name' is the wordplay.
'festival' becomes 'easter' (I've seen this before).
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'easter'+'n'='EASTERN'

(Other definitions for eastern that I've seen before include "Coming from the Orient" , "Facing away from the west" , "Maybe Chinese" , "in Beijing, possibly" , "China?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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