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Colour and leave the dance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tango

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

'colour and leave' is the wordplay.
'colour' becomes 'tan' (tanning is a kind of colouring).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'leave' becomes 'go'.
'tan'+'go'='TANGO'

(Other definitions for tango that I've seen before include "Letter T in radio comms" , "Movement from Argentina" , "Dance; T (radio comms.)" , "Last - in Paris (film)" , "Activity requiring two to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Irish News.
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