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Dance trick first seen in girl's audition (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conga

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

'trick first seen in girl's audition' is the wordplay.
'trick' becomes 'con' (a con is a fraud or trick).
'first seen in' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'girl audition' is 'ga'.
'con'+'ga'='CONGA'

(Other definitions for conga that I've seen before include "Dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file" , "Long-line dance" , "Dance performed in line" , "Cuban dance of three steps followed by a kick" , "Chain dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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