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Naked orangeman dancing for Michael O'Neill? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

manager

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'michael o'neill?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'naked orangeman dancing' is the wordplay.
'naked' says to take the centre (outside letters removed so centre is unclothed).
'dancing' indicates anagramming the letters.
The central letters of 'orangeman' are 'rangema'.
'rangema' is an anagram of 'MANAGER'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for manager that I've seen before include "suit?" , "Administrator" , "Supervisor" , "Boss" , "Someone in control (or who copes?)" .)

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