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Barman in a club dancing on piano (8)

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I believe the answer is:

publican

'barman' is the definition.
(I know that publican is a type of barman)

'in a club dancing on piano' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'piano' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation).
'in'+'a'+'club'='inaclub'
'inaclub' is an anagram of 'ublican'.
'ublican' put after 'p' is 'PUBLICAN'.

(Other definitions for publican that I've seen before include "Taverner" , "local man" , "Bar owner" , "Landlord or landlady" , "Old tax-collector" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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