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Dancing around fire pit with a drink (8)

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I believe the answer is:

aperitif

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'a drink' is the definition.
(aperitif is a kind of drink)

'dancing around fire pit' is the wordplay.
'dancing' becomes 'a' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'around' is an anagram indicator.
'fire'+'pit'='firepit'
'firepit' is an anagram of 'peritif'.
'a'+'peritif'='APERITIF'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for aperitif that I've seen before include "An alcoholic drink before dinner, an appetiser" , "Drink stimulating the appetite" , "If pirate may have a drink before dinner?" , "it's served before dinner" , "Alcoholic drink to stimulate appetite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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