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American uncle taking bachelor to dance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

samba

'dance' is the definition.
(Brazilian dance)

'american uncle taking bachelor' is the wordplay.
'american uncle' becomes 'Sam' (Uncle Sam is a nickname for the USA).
'taking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bachelor' becomes 'BA' (the qualification: Bachelor of Arts).
'sam'+'ba'='SAMBA'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for samba that I've seen before include "moves from Brazil" , "Latin dance" , "Lively ballroom dance from Brazil" , "Dance, originally from Brazil" , "Dance music" .)

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