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Party time hosting retired teacher and old player (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

doris day

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'old player' is the definition.
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'party time hosting retired teacher' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'time' becomes 'day' (day is a kind of time).
'hosting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are welcomed in or hosted).
'retired' is a reversal indicator.
'teacher' becomes 'sir' (way of addressing a male teacher).
'sir' in reverse letter order is 'ris'.
'do'+'day'='doday'
'doday' placed around 'ris' is 'DORIS DAY'.

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(Other definitions for doris day that I've seen before include "US singer/film star" , "US singer/actress" , "American actress" , "Film actress/singer of the 1950s and 1960s" , "Secret Love singer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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