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Is ballet set in prison? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bastille

'prison?' is the definition.
(I know that bastille is a type of prison)

'is ballet set' is the wordplay.
'set' indicates an anagram (instruction to set the letters).
'is'+'ballet'='isballet'
'isballet' with letters rearranged gives 'BASTILLE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for bastille that I've seen before include "Historic French prison" , "French jail" , "Old Parisian prison" , "Paris prison, now opera" , "Paris prison stormed at the start of the French Revolution" .)

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