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Drunk at closing, UK pilots join dance band from Germany (9)

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I believe the answer is:

kraftwerk

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'drunk at closing uk' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'pilots join dance band from germany' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'pilots' could be 'raf' (Royal Air Force) and 'raf' is located in the answer.
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for kraftwerk that I've seen is " Electronic musicians".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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