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Heavenly phenomenon recognised at first in celebrity’s squad (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

star stream

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'heavenly phenomenon' is the definition.
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'recognised at first in celebrity's squad' is the wordplay.
'recognised at first' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'celebrity's' becomes 'star's' (a star is a celebrity or famous person).
'squad' becomes 'team' (synonyms).
'stars'+'team'='starsteam'
'r' going inside 'starsteam' is 'STAR STREAM'.

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