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Beat with energy in musical piece (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tango

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

'beat with energy' is the wordplay.
'beat' becomes 'tan' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'energy' becomes 'go' (I've seen this in other clues).
'tan'+'go'='TANGO'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for tango that I've seen before include "Dance originally from Buenos Aires" , "reputedly takes two" , "Last - in Paris (film)" , "Argentine dance" , "Dance music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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