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Dance and drink with graduate (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rumba

'dance' is the definition.
(rumba is a type of dance)

'drink with graduate' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of drink).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'graduate' becomes 'BA' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'rum'+'ba'='RUMBA'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for rumba that I've seen before include "music one can dance to" , "Cuban folk dance" , "Latin American dance" , "Strictly round" , "Afro-Cuban or ballroom dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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