Dance led by a hunted animal at an easy pace (7)

I believe the answer is:

foxtrot

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'dance led' is the definition.
'foxtrot' can be an answer for 'dance' (foxtrotting is a kind of dancing). I am not sure about the 'led' bit.

'a hunted animal at an easy pace' is the wordplay.
'a hunted animal' becomes 'fox' (I've seen this before).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'an easy pace' becomes 'trot' (I've seen this in another clue).
'fox'+'trot'='FOXTROT'

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for foxtrot that I've seen before include "Lively ballroom dance" , "Ballroom dance in quadruple time" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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