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Dunce is dancing it off, twerking at the head (5)

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idiot

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'dunce' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for idiot that I've seen before include "Silly ass" , "Clot" , "Fool, silly person" , "'The -----'. novel by Dostoyevsky (1868)" , "The - (Dostoievsky)" .)

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