It was said before announcement: parlour smelled awful (8,6)
I believe the answer is:
drumroll please
'it was said before announcement' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'parlour smelled awful' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'parlour'+'smelled'='parloursmelled'
'parloursmelled' is an anagram of 'DRUMROLL PLEASE'.
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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