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Cherished ones lose footing away from Strictly Come Dancing (10,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

collector's items

'cherished ones' is the definition.

'lose footing away from strictly come dancing' is the wordplay.
'footing away from' means to remove the last letter (footing is last letter in down clue).
'dancing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'strictly' with its last letter taken off is 'strictl'.
'lose'+'strictl'+'come'='losestrictlcome'
'losestrictlcome' anagrammed gives 'COLLECTORS ITEMS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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