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Religious festival date: years off (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easter day

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'religious festival' is the definition.
'easter day' can be an answer for 'festival' (I have seen 'Christian festival ' mean 'easter day' so perhaps 'festival' could also mean 'easter day'). I'm unsure of the 'religious' bit.

'date years off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates an anagram.
'date'+'years'='dateyears'
'dateyears' with letters rearranged gives 'EASTER DAY'.

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(Other definitions for easter day that I've seen before include "Time of Christian festival" , "Egg-giving time" , "eggs on this occasion" , "part of holiday?" , "When Christians celebrate the Resurrection" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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