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All bare cast to include hot dancer (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ballerina

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'dancer' is the definition.
(ballerina is a kind of dancer)

'all bare cast to include hot' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hot' could be 'in' (both can mean fashionable) and 'in' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ballerina that I've seen before include "Pavlova?" , "lass good at splits?" , "She dances to a rain bell" , "girl on point duty" , "girl from the Kirov?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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