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Dance with nothing on? That's swell! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

balloon

'swell' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dance with nothing on?' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'with nothing' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ball'+'o'+'on'='BALLOON'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for balloon that I've seen before include "Air-filled bag" , "Inflatable thin rubber ball" , "See 21" , "Inflatable rubber bag, could be filled with hot air" , "Inflate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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