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Show party promises to be endless (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manifest

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'show' is the definition.
(I know that manifest is a more specific form of the action show)

'party promises to be endless' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'party' could be 'fest' and 'fest' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mani' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for manifest that I've seen before include "Express" , "Clear, obvious" , "Ship's document; plain" , "Obvious, like ship's cargo list" , "Become apparent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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