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India's sect, one involved in religious festival (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ascensiontide

'religious festival' is the definition.
(Christian festival)

'india's sect one involved' is the wordplay.
'involved' indicates anagramming the letters (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'indias'+'sect'+'one'='indiassectone'
'indiassectone' anagrammed gives 'ASCENSIONTIDE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for ascensiontide that I've seen before include "The ten days leading up to Whitsun Eve" , "Period before Whitsun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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