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Dancer all bare in confusion! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ballerina

'dancer' is the definition.
(ballerina is a kind of dancer)

'all bare in confusion' is the wordplay.
'confusion' indicates anagramming the letters.
'all'+'bare'+'in'='allbarein'
'allbarein' with letters rearranged gives 'BALLERINA'.

(Other definitions for ballerina that I've seen before include "Female classical dancer" , "Dancers" , "girl on point duty" , "girl from the Kirov?" , "Pavlova?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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