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Dance with tea - again and again (3-3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cha-cha-cha

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

'with tea again and again' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'again and again' becomes 'chacha' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cha' put next to 'chacha' is 'CHA-CHA-CHA'.

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(Other definitions for cha-cha-cha that I've seen before include "Ballroom dance" , "Latin American dance - 1-2-3 rhythm" , "A Latin American dance, very repetitive" , "Latin American dance, sounds trebled" , "Latin-American dance" .)

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