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Groovy accent to go with tan (8)

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backbeat

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'groovy accent' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'go with tan' is the wordplay.
'go' becomes 'back' (backing is a kind of going).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tan' becomes 'beat' (I've seen this before).
'back'+'beat'='BACKBEAT'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for backbeat that I've seen before include "One may get into the rhythm -" , "(Un)accented rhythm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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