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Returns from setting up latest celebrity (6)

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I believe the answer is:

elects

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'returns' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'from setting up latest celebrity' is the wordplay.
'setting up' is a reversal indicator.
'from' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'stcele' is hidden within 'latest celebrity'.
'stcele' written backwards gives 'ELECTS'.

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(Other definitions for elects that I've seen before include "Appoints through voting system" , "Votes in" , "Selects by a vote" , "Appoints via he ballot box" , "Selects by ballot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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