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Boy not getting up for a dance (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charleston

'a dance' is the definition.
(charleston is a kind of dance)

'boy not getting up' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'charles' (**).
'getting up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'not' in reverse letter order is 'ton'.
'charles'+'ton'='CHARLESTON'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for charleston that I've seen before include "Dance making" , "Town of South Carolina which gave its name to a 1920s dance craze" , "Lively dance - then carols (anag)" , "US city - 1920s' dance" , "Nineteen twenties dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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