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Drunken teens principally dance as if spellbound (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fascinated

'spellbound' is the definition.
('fascinate' can be a synonym of 'spellbind')

'drunken teens principally dance as if' is the wordplay.
'drunken' indicates an anagram.
'principally' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'teens' is 't'.
't'+'dance'+'as'+'if'='tdanceasif'
'tdanceasif' anagrammed gives 'FASCINATED'.

(Other definitions for fascinated that I've seen before include "Irresistably attracted" , "Captivated" , "captured" , "Bewitched, enthralled" , "spellbound" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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