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Dancing is a talent or tease (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tantalise

'tease' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dancing is a talent' is the wordplay.
'dancing' is an anagram indicator.
'is'+'a'+'talent'='isatalent'
'isatalent' with letters rearranged gives 'TANTALISE'.

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tantalise that I've seen before include "Tease and entice" , "Tease, torment" , "Tease cruelly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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