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Dance having to ban girl (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barcarole

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

'to ban girl' is the wordplay.
'to ban' becomes 'bar' (I've seen this before).
'girl' becomes 'carole' (girl's name).
'bar'+'carole'='BARCAROLE'

'having' is the link.

(Other definitions for barcarole that I've seen before include "Italian song" , "music of Venice" , "Venetian boating song" , "Venetian boat song" , "musical composition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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