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Light brown garments on at first for dance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tango

'for dance' is the definition.
(Tango is a dance)

'light brown garments on at first' is the wordplay.
'light brown' becomes 'tan' (tan is a light brown colour).
'at first' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'garments on' is 'go'.
'tan'+'go'='TANGO'

(Other definitions for tango that I've seen before include "Latin American dance takes two to do it" , "Modern ballroom dance" , "tee" , "Letter T in radio comms" , "one followed by uniform" .)

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