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Warehouse party requiring formal dress to be worn (6)

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I believe the answer is:

godown

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'warehouse' is the definition.
(I know that godown is a type of warehouse)

'party requiring formal dress to be worn' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'party' could be 'do' (do is a kind of party) and 'do' is found in the answer.
'dress' could be 'gown' (gowning is a kind of dressing) and 'gown' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for godown that I've seen before include "eastern warehouse" , "Leave university" , "storage facility in India" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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