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Dancer's song mostly about Ireland (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ballerina

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

'song mostly about ireland' is the wordplay.
'song mostly' becomes 'balla' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'ireland' becomes 'Erin' (poetic name for Ireland).
'balla' going around 'erin' is 'BALLERINA'.

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(Other definitions for ballerina that I've seen before include "She's a classical dancer" , "Female classical dancer" , "Danseuse" , "girl on point duty" , "She dances to a rain bell" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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