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Fly northwards with love and dance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tango

'dance' is the definition.
(I know that tango is a type of dance)

'fly northwards with love' is the wordplay.
'fly' becomes 'gnat' (type of insect).
'northwards' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up or 'north').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'gnat' back-to-front is 'tang'.
'tang'+'o'='TANGO'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for tango that I've seen before include "Dramatic ballroom dance from Argentina" , "something seen in ballroom?" , "One from Argentina" , "Colourful dance from Argentina" , "Tonga (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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