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Note dinners thrown together for one that can’t stay (3-8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

non-resident

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'together for one that can't stay' is the definition.
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'note dinners thrown' is the wordplay.
'thrown' indicates anagramming the letters.
'note'+'dinners'='notedinners'
'notedinners' anagrammed gives 'NON-RESIDENT'.

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(Another definition for non-resident that I've seen is " Not living in a particular place".)

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