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Thus Rose oddly holds party for Elizabeth and Henry? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tudors

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'elizabeth and henry?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'thus rose oddly holds party' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'holds' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'thus'+'rose'='thusrose'
The alternating letters of 'thusrose' are 'turs'.
'turs' going around 'do' is 'TUDORS'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tudors that I've seen before include "English dynasty in the 16th century" , "Royalty" , "Members of English royal line" , "Members of a house" , "English monarchs from Henry VII to Elizabeth I" .)

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