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Dance with Chuck a good deal (10)

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I believe the answer is:

charleston

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'dance' is the definition.
(I know that Charleston is a more specific form of the action dance)

'with chuck a good deal' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'chuck' becomes 'charles' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a good deal' becomes 'ton' (I've seen this in another clue).
'charles'+'ton' is 'CHARLESTON'.

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(Other definitions for charleston that I've seen before include "Lively dance - then carols (anag)" , "American port" , "Town of South Carolina which gave its name to a 1920s dance craze" , "Dance making" , "Nineteen twenties dance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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