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Dance poorly, say, with no visible effort (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reel off

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'dance poorly say with no visible effort' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'dance poorly say with no' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'reel' (reel is a kind of dance).
'poorly say' becomes 'ff' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'no' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'ff' after 'o' is 'off'.
'reel'+'off'='REEL OFF'

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(Other definitions for reel off that I've seen before include "Rapidly announce" , "Utter (something) rapidly and fluently" , "stagger away" , "Speak very rapidly" , "Say (something) rapidly and effortlessly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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