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Dancer likely to be up on points? (9)

Ross

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ballerina

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

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(Other definitions for ballerina that I've seen before include "She's a classical dancer" , "girl on point duty" , "Dancers" , "lass good at splits?" , "girl from the Kirov?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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