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Love to dance around with the minister

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deacon

'minister' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'love to dance around' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'around' is an anagram indicator.
'o' put after 'dance' is 'danceo'.
'danceo' is an anagram of 'DEACON'.

'with the' is the link.

(Other definitions for deacon that I've seen before include "Junior minister" , "Cleric - canoed (anag)" , "An ordained minister" , "Cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches" , "Ordained cleric" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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