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Man is hot during dance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bishop

'man' is the definition.
(bishop is a kind of man)

'is hot during dance' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h'.
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'dance' becomes 'bop' (bopping is a kind of dancing**).
'is'+'h'='ish'
'ish' going into 'bop' is 'BISHOP'.

(Other definitions for bishop that I've seen before include "Diagonal board mover" , "Senior church minister" , "that, moving, must abandon his rank" , "Diocesan" , "Senior cleric" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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