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Pentecost week ran into Sabbath? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whitsun

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'pentecost' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'week ran into sabbath?' is the wordplay.
'week' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'ran into' becomes 'hit' (eg ran into with a vehicle).
'sabbath?' becomes 'sun' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'w'+'hit'+'sun'='WHITSUN'

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(Other definitions for whitsun that I've seen before include "Period seven weeks after Easter" , "Holy Spirit festival" , "Spring festival" , "Wins hut on short Christian Sabbath" , "Pentecost season" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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