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Miss amusing dinner invitation hosts sent without envelope (10)

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I believe the answer is:

comedienne

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'miss amusing' is the definition.
(female comedian - 'miss' can refer to a woman)

'dinner invitation hosts sent without envelope' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'invitation' could be 'come' (an invitation to come) and 'come' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for comedienne that I've seen before include "Rivers perhaps" , "Female comedy actor" , "Funny female performer" , "stand-up entertainer?" , "Female humorist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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