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Dance and sing, somehow rising (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ascending

'rising' is the definition.
('ascend' can be a synonym of 'rise')

'dance and sing somehow' is the wordplay.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dance' put after 'sing' is 'singdance'.
'singdance' is an anagram of 'ASCENDING'.

(Other definitions for ascending that I've seen before include "Getting up" , "Going up" , "Rising" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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