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Man's inheritance supports party, a brilliant gathering (6)

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I believe the answer is:

galaxy

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'a brilliant gathering' is the definition.
'galaxy' can be an answer for 'gathering' (galaxy is a kind of gathering). I am unsure of the 'a brilliant' bit.

'man's inheritance supports party' is the wordplay.
'man's inheritance' becomes 'xy' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'supports' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (bottom letters provide a support for the top ones).
'party' becomes 'gala' (I've seen this before).
'xy' after 'gala' is 'GALAXY'.

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(Other definitions for galaxy that I've seen before include "Huge collection of stars" , "A lot of stars" , "Spiral, elliptical, group of stars" , "System of stars - assembly of talent" , "Astronomical system" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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