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Dancing a cancan, quite intimate? Not quite! (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acquaintance

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'intimate? not quite' is the definition.
'acquaintance' can be an answer for 'intimate?' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'not quite' bit.

'dancing a cancan quite' is the wordplay.
'dancing' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'cancan'+'quite'='acancanquite'
'acancanquite' anagrammed gives 'ACQUAINTANCE'.

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(Other definitions for acquaintance that I've seen before include "Person known, but not a close friend" , "Familiarity" , "Person known slightly" , "Person one knows slightly" , "Person one knows, but not a close friend" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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