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Give spirit to graduate to dance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rumba

'dance' is the definition.
(rumba is a type of dance)

'give spirit to graduate' is the wordplay.
'give' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'spirit' becomes 'rum' (alcoholic spirit).
'to graduate' becomes 'BA' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'rum' put next to 'ba' is 'RUMBA'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for rumba that I've seen before include "number of steps" , "Latin American dance" , "Umbra (anag)" , "One from Cuba" , "Burma (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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