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Incident Elgar associated with pomp? (12)

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I believe the answer is:

circumstance

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'pomp?' is the definition.
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'incident elgar associated with' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'with' could be 'cum' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'cum' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for circumstance that I've seen before include "Happening" , "Situation" , "Condition - associated with 1 down" , "to go with pomp" , "Pomp and - (Elgar)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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