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Incomplete clue for party? (4-4)

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I believe the answer is:

half-done

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'party?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'incomplete clue' is the wordplay.
'incomplete' becomes 'half' (similar in meaning).
'clue' becomes 'done' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'half'+'done'='HALF-DONE'

'for' is the link.

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(Another definition for half-done that I've seen is " Well begun, they say".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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