The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BIRTHDAY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BIRTHDAY
- Work at hybrid sort of 29
- Labour’s result is cause for annual celebration
- Cultivating hybrid at present time
- Special occasion, maybe third in recess
- Recess to include unexpected third anniversary
- Time for a celebration by a third at sea?
- Occasion for celebration, often involving light blow-out?
- One’s time of arrival
- Without a stitch in this suit?
- Yearly event altered by a third
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The straight part
We know that "Time for a celebration" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case time for a celebration = birthday.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.
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What does BIRTHDAY mean?
BIRTHDAY noun- The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
- The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
- The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
- To celebrate one's birthday.