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Dance and drink? That could be a mistake! (5-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

balls-up

'a mistake' is the definition.
(balls-up is a kind of mistake)

'dance and drink?' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drink?' becomes 'sup' (to sup is to drink).
'ball'+'sup'='BALLS-UP'

'that could be' acts as a link.

(Another definition for balls-up that I've seen is " disaster".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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