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Dance as Bedouin in his element? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saraband

'dance' is the definition.
(saraband is a kind of dance)

'bedouin in his element?' is the wordplay.
'bedouin' becomes 'arab'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'his element?' becomes 'sand' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'arab' inserted into 'sand' is 'SARABAND'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for saraband that I've seen before include "dance music" , "Old, courtly dance" , "Slow Spanish dance" , "Stately dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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