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Everyone in fancy dance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ballet

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'dance' is the definition.
(ballet is a kind of dance)

'everyone in fancy' is the wordplay.
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'fancy' becomes 'bet' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'all' inserted into 'bet' is 'BALLET'.

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(Other definitions for ballet that I've seen before include "old madrigal" , "kind of skirt" , "Dance entertainment" , "Theatrical dance" , "The Nutcracker or Giselle, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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