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Organising a relay run takes a bit over 50 weeks (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lunar year

'a bit over 50 weeks' is the definition.
(a lunar year is 354 days)

'organising a relay run' is the wordplay.
'organising' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'relay'+'run'='arelayrun'
'arelayrun' is an anagram of 'LUNAR YEAR'.

'takes' is the link.

(Other definitions for lunar year that I've seen before include "some time on the moon" , "Period of 354.3671 days" , "Period of about 354 days" , "Approximately 354 days" , "Period of twelve new moons" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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