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Man not getting up for a dance (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charleston

'dance' is the definition.
(I know that Charleston is a more specific form of the action dance)

'man not getting up' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'charles' ().
'getting up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'not' written backwards gives 'ton'.
'charles'+'ton'='CHARLESTON'

'for a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for charleston that I've seen before include "Lively dance - then carols (anag)" , "Town of South Carolina which gave its name to a 1920s dance craze" , "Nineteen twenties dance" , "American port" , "US city - 1920s' dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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