Former copper seems awkward in dances (6-3)
I believe the answer is:
excuse-mes
'dances' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'former copper seems awkward' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'copper' becomes 'Cu' (chemical symbol).
'awkward' indicates anagramming the letters.
'seems' with letters rearranged gives 'semes'.
'ex'+'cu'+'semes'='EXCUSE-MES'
'in' is the link.
(Another definition for excuse-mes that I've seen is " dances".)
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