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Tower where star has party, right? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mirador

'tower' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'star has party right?' is the wordplay.
'star' becomes 'mira' (star in the constellation Cetus).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'right?' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'mira'+'do'+'r'='MIRADOR'

'where' acts as a link.

(Another definition for mirador that I've seen is " tower".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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