Cryptic crossword clue
Charity event in tabloid? 3

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RAG

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We know that "harity event/tabloid" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case harity event/tabloid = rag.
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What does RAG mean?

RAG noun
  1. (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
  2. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
  3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
  4. A ragged edge in metalworking.
  5. A sail, or any piece of canvas.
  6. A newspaper, magazine.
  7. A poor, low-ranking kicker.
RAG verb
  1. To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
  2. To become tattered.
RAG noun
  1. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
RAG verb
  1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
  2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
RAG noun
  1. A prank or practical joke.
  2. A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
RAG verb
  1. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
  2. To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
  3. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
RAG noun
  1. An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
  2. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
RAG verb
  1. To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
  2. To dance to ragtime music.
  3. To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

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