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Admirer and crook go to a dance (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fandango

'a dance' is the definition.
(type of dance)

'admirer and crook go' is the wordplay.
'admirer' becomes 'fan' (fan is a kind of admirer).
'crook' indicates anagramming the letters (a crooked or broken form of the letters).
'and' anagrammed gives 'dan'.
'fan'+'dan'+'go'='FANDANGO'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for fandango that I've seen before include "Old Spanish dance, with castanets" , "Dance performed with castanets" , "Spanish Steps" , "Spanish courtship dance in triple time" , "Old Spanish dance in triple time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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