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Honoured with a feast around Tuesday (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feted

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'honoured with a' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'feast around tuesday' is the wordplay.
'feast' becomes 'feed' (synonyms).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'tuesday' becomes 't'.
'feed' enclosing 't' is 'FETED'.

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(Other definitions for feted that I've seen before include "Honoured with festivities" , "Honoured lavishly" , "Wined, dined and honoured" , "Lionised" , "Wined and dined, celebrated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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