Laurel's holding party for comedians (5-3)

I believe the answer is:

stand-ups

'comedians' is the definition.

'laurel's holding party' is the wordplay.
'laurel's' becomes 'stans' (I've seen this in other clues).
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'party' becomes 'dup' (I've seen this in other clues).
'stans' enclosing 'dup' is 'STAND-UPS'.

'for' acts as a link.

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