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Find dance very short (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

discover

'find' is the definition.
(I know that discover is a more specific form of the action find)

'dance very short' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'disco' (disco can mean a dance event).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'very' with its last letter removed is 'ver'.
'disco'+'ver'='DISCOVER'

(Other definitions for discover that I've seen before include "Be the first to find or see" , "Ascertain, unearth" , "turn up" , "Find out about divorces" , "Uncover, find" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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