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Holiday involving a steer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easter

'holiday' is the definition.
(Easter is a Christian holiday)

'involving a steer' is the wordplay.
'involving' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'steer'='asteer'
'asteer' with letters rearranged gives 'EASTER'.

(Other definitions for easter that I've seen before include "Egg-rolling time" , "A terse sort of Spring festival?" , "Christian celebration of the Resurrection" , "Time to parade" , "Sort of tide" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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