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Newly re-enact entry as occasion for commemoration perhaps (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tercentenary

'occasion for commemoration perhaps' is the definition.

'newly re-enact entry' is the wordplay.
'newly' indicates an anagram.
're-enact' becomes 'reenact' ('reenact' can be a synonym of 're-enact').
'reenact'+'entry'='reenactentry'
'reenactentry' is an anagram of 'TERCENTENARY'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tercentenary that I've seen before include "Three hundredth anniversary" , "celebration of historic event" , "Three-hundredth anniversary" , "Our observance now of Queen Anne''s succession, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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