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Go too far with party in the wake of several balls (6)

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I believe the answer is:

overdo

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'go too far with' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'party in the wake of several balls' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'party' could be 'do' (do can informally mean a party) and 'do' is found in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ver' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for overdo that I've seen before include "Be excessive, perhaps cook too much" , "Maybe burn" , "Exaggerate; use too much of" , "Carry to excess" , "Sum of a persons actions (Hinduism)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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