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Dance round quietly with girl taking the lead (5)

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I believe the answer is:

galop

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'dance' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'round quietly with girl taking the lead' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'round' could be 'o' (round can mean a round object) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'quietly' could be 'p' (p for piano and quiet) and 'p' is found within the answer.
'girl' could be 'gal' (synonyms) and 'gal' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for galop that I've seen before include "Lively ballroom dance" , "Nineteenth-century dance" , "dance music" , "Couple dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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