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Balls of mashed potato and salsa? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dances

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'balls' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mashed potato and salsa?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'and' is 'dan' which is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dances that I've seen before include "Set movements to music" , "Eg, waltzes, tangos, etc" , "Trips the light fantastic" , "Ascend (anag)" , "Moves to music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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