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Erotic dancing by English clique (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coterie

'clique' is the definition.
(I know that clique can be written as coterie)

'erotic dancing by english' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'erotic' is an anagram of 'coteri'.
'coteri'+'e'='COTERIE'

(Other definitions for coterie that I've seen before include "Small exclusive circle with a common purpose" , "Exclusive circle of people, clique" , "Exclusive group with shared interests" , "Small exclusive group of friends" , "Exclusive circle of people with common purpose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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