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As a ballroom dance, possibly leave out 'Tango' (6)

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I believe the answer is:

veleta

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'as a ballroom dance' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'possibly leave out tango' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'tango' becomes 't' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'leave' anagrammed gives 'velea'.
'velea' going around 't' is 'VELETA'.

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(Other definitions for veleta that I've seen before include "Fast dance in triple time" , "A form of slow waltz" .)

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