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Lead-in to a big event (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eve

(Other definitions for eve that I've seen before include "Lady first appearing" , "Brink" , "Day before Christmas" , "Later in the day, in short" , "See 27" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.
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