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I'm composing a new tune - dance music (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

minuet

'dance music' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'i'm composing a new tune' is the wordplay.
'composing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a new' indicates an anagram.
'im' is an anagram of 'mi'.
'tune' with letters rearranged gives 'nuet'.
'mi'+'nuet'='MINUET'

(Other definitions for minuet that I've seen before include "18th-century dance" , "Stately old dance, takes only a minute" , "Stately court dance" , "Stately C 18 dance" , "Gracious old dance, just takes a minute" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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