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Longed for Geordie to do a turn at Hogmanay (4-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

year-end

'hogmanay' is the definition.
(Hogmanay means is New Year's Eve)

'longed for geordie to do a turn' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'turn' could be 'end' (ending is a kind of turning) and 'end' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'at' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for year-end that I've seen before include "Deanery (anag.)" , "Books prepared now" , "Last part of (financial) year" , "Last day of a twelve month period" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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