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Gold-digger in Coppers to dance (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prospector

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'gold-digger' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'coppers to dance' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'coppers' is 'prospec' which is located in the answer.
'to' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for prospector that I've seen before include "Searcher after valuable ores" , "One searching for valuable minerals" , "Clementine's father, perhaps?" , "Searcher for minerals" , "Gold-digger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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