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Dance with an admirer and prepare to leave with (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fandango

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

'an admirer and prepare to leave with' is the wordplay.
'an admirer' becomes 'fan' (fan is a kind of admirer).
'prepare' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'prepared' mean this).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'leave with' becomes 'go' (to go is to depart or leave. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'and' with letters rearranged gives 'dan'.
'fan'+'dan'+'go'='FANDANGO'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for fandango that I've seen before include "Spanish courtship dance in triple time" , "Old Spanish dance in triple time" , "Old Spanish dance, with castanets" , "Spanish dance -- a dong fan (anag)" , "Spanish Steps" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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