Re-writing this answer gives another solution:
(format-spec "%a %a %a %b %b %b" (format-spec-make ?a "a" ?b "b")) 
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Re-writing this answer gives another solution:
(format-spec "%a %a %a %b %b %b" (format-spec-make ?a "a" ?b "b"))