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Dance and drink with returning sailor (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rumba

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

'drink with returning sailor' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of drink).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'returning' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'ab' written backwards gives 'ba'.
'rum'+'ba'='RUMBA'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rumba that I've seen before include "Cuban folk dance" , "Afro-Cuban or ballroom dance" , "What to perform" , "Ballroom dance of Cuban origin" , "music one can dance to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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