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Stage party in Africa (in outskirts of Entebbe) - such style! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elegance

'style' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'stage party in africa in outskirts of entebbe' is the wordplay.
'stage' becomes 'leg' (a leg is a stage of a competition).
'party in africa' becomes 'anc' (African National Congress, South African party).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'outskirts of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only letters on the outskirts).
'entebbe' with its middle taken out is 'ee'.
'leg'+'anc'='leganc'
'leganc' placed into 'ee' is 'ELEGANCE'.

'such' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for elegance that I've seen before include "Polish - distinction" , "Fine quality" , "Gracefulness" , "Graceful refinement" , "Chic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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