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Escape notice during the day before festival(5)
E_A_E

I suspect its EVADE but cant parse it

AD (Advertisement) = Notice / inside Eve (the day before

Yes
Evade = escape (def)
ad - notice
eve - day before festival

Cheers Les. Where does festival fit in?

I feel that using 'festival' is a bit redundant, however, it is used for things like Christmas

It may have an archaic etymology Chris, may have only been used for special occasions. I can't check now cus I'm at work. I'm sure one of the very kind group will check it for you and feed back

See my answer in post 6...

A definition of "eve" - see Chambers - is "the night or whole day before a festival or notable event"