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Alcohol given to graduate for dance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rumba

'dance' is the definition.
(rumba is a kind of dance)

'alcohol given to graduate' is the wordplay.
'alcohol' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of alcohol).
'given to' says to put letters next to each other.
'graduate' becomes 'ba'.
'rum'+'ba'='RUMBA'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for rumba that I've seen before include "One from Cuba" , "Strictly round" , "Dance originating in Cuba" , "Burma (anag)" , "Cuban folk dance" .)

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