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Knees-up after a song and dance (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ado

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'song and dance' is the definition.
(both can mean a commotion or fuss)

'knees-up after a' is the wordplay.
'knees up' becomes 'do' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'do' put after 'a' is 'ADO'.

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(Other definitions for ado that I've seen before include "Song and dance" , "Fuss, difficulty" , "Rapid bustling commotion" , "stir" , "excitement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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