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Place set out around clubs for performance (9)

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I believe the answer is:

spectacle

'performance' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'place set out around clubs' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'clubs' becomes 'c' (abbreviation used in card games such as bridge).
'place'+'set'='placeset'
'placeset' with letters rearranged gives 'spetacle'.
'spetacle' going around 'c' is 'SPECTACLE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for spectacle that I've seen before include "Entertaining sight, they help to see in the plural" , "Interesting phenomenon - show" , "sensational event" , "Wonder" , "Picture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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