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Dissenter's dance entertaining bishop (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rebel

'dissenter's' is the definition.
(rebel is a kind of dissenter)

'dance entertaining bishop' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'reel' (reel is a kind of dance).
'entertaining' indicates putting letters inside (inviting in, as for dinner).
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'reel' enclosing 'b' is 'REBEL'.

(Other definitions for rebel that I've seen before include "Refuse orders" , "Dissident" , "Rise up - dissent" , "revolutionary" , "Eg, Cade or Hereward" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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