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Presenter of spring after the middle of November (5)

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emcee

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

'spring after the middle of november' is the wordplay.
'spring' becomes 'cee' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the middle of' says to take the centre.
The central letters of 'november' are 'em'.
'cee' put after 'em' is 'EMCEE'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for emcee that I've seen before include "I announce" , "Compre" , "Master of Ceremonies (informal)" , "A host of Americans" , "Show host" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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