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Dance with composure after taking out loan (9)

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I believe the answer is:

polonaise

'dance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'composure after taking out loan' is the wordplay.
'composure' becomes 'poise ' (poise is a kind of composure).
'after taking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'out' is an anagram indicator.
'loan' anagrammed gives 'lona'.
'poise' enclosing 'lona' is 'POLONAISE'.

'with' is the link.

(Another definition for polonaise that I've seen is " Slow dance".)

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