The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SINGALONG
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SINGALONG
- Angling: so unusual an activity for joining in
- Popular girl breaking into number in which all join
- Make mistake with lass performing good chant
- Fake slogan around island no good for communal arts event
- Group chant, ganglions atingle
- Gin-slinging in social gathering good for generating this?
- Look to break up wrong crowd — in which everyone joins in?
- Evil girl and one almost good in musical event
- Ignoring lines, Ryan Gosling organised a group chant
- Join the chorus wrong and miss on G
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The straight part
We know that "communal arts event" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case communal arts event = singalong.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SINGALONG mean?
SINGALONG noun- A gathering of people who sing together
- (of music) designed to allow or encourage the audience to sing along