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Compre party in Cape Town with husband on arm dancing (9)

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I believe the answer is:

anchorman

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'compre party' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'cape town with husband on arm dancing' is the wordplay.
'cape town' becomes 'anc' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'dancing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on'+'arm'='onarm'
'onarm' with letters rearranged gives 'orman'.
'h' placed inside 'orman' is 'horman'.
'anc'+'horman'='ANCHORMAN'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for anchorman that I've seen before include "One broadcasting" , "Last person in relay race - TV presenter" , "with weight on board?" , "host" , "Maybe last person to run" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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