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Something spiked spoiled lovely formal dance
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THE MISSING PIECE
Something spiked spoiled lovely formal dance
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THE ANSWER
VOLLEYBALL
The definition
Our definition here is 'Something spiked'. Our answer will be something that can be spiked.
The wordplay
Anagram
This clue's fodder is 'lovely' and 'formal dance'. We'll need to find a substitute for one of these and use it with the letters of the other to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
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