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Dance as poodle cavorted around bishop (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paso doble

'dance' is the definition.
(paso doble is a kind of dance)

'as poodle cavorted around bishop' is the wordplay.
'cavorted' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'cavorting' mean this).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'as'+'poodle'='aspoodle'
'aspoodle' with letters rearranged gives 'pasodole'.
'pasodole' going around 'b' is 'PASO DOBLE'.

(Other definitions for paso doble that I've seen before include "Ballroom dance of Spanish origin" , "Fast Latin American ballroom dance" , "Spanish two-step" , "quick dance" , "Spanish trip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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