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About to dance around with energy and rhythm (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cadence

'rhythm' is the definition.
(cadence is a kind of rhythm)

'about to dance around with energy' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for circa).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'around with' indicates an anagram.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'dance' anagrammed with 'e' makes 'adence'.
'c'+'adence'='CADENCE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for cadence that I've seen before include "Modulation of the voice" , "Inflection; voice pitch fall" , "Close of a musical phrase" , "Vocal modulation or inflection" , "Rhythm or beat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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