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Organised party with Mike on an irregular basis (6)

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I believe the answer is:

random

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'organised party with mike on an irregular basis' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'organised party with mike on' is the wordplay.
'organised' becomes 'ran' (run can mean to manage or organise).
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'mike' becomes 'M' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ran'+'do'+'m'='RANDOM'

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(Other definitions for random that I've seen before include "Arbitrary" , "Occurring by chance, no fixed pattern" , "casual?" , "Lacking any definite plan, order or purpose" , "Lacking regularity" .)

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