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Primarily inauspicious day, especially senatorially! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ides

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'primarily inauspicious day especially senatorially' is the definition.
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'primarily inauspicious day especially senatorially' is the wordplay.
'primarily' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'inauspicious day especially senatorially' is 'IDES'.

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(Other definitions for ides that I've seen before include "Unlucky day for Julius Caesar" , "For example, March 15 in the Roman calendar" , "day in Rome" , "13th or 15th day of the month in Roman calendar" , "Mid-month day in the Roman calendar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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