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Hear spinet played in social gatherings (3-7)

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I believe the answer is:

hen-parties

'social gatherings' is the definition.
(hen party is a kind of social gathering)

'hear spinet played' is the wordplay.
'played' indicates anagramming the letters (letters playing around).
'hear'+'spinet'='hearspinet'
'hearspinet' is an anagram of 'HEN-PARTIES'.

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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