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Maybe salsa dancing in Samoa creates addiction (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dipsomania

'addiction' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'maybe salsa dancing in samoa' is the wordplay.
'maybe salsa' becomes 'dip' (salsa is a type of dip).
'dancing' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'samoa'='insamoa'
'insamoa' with letters rearranged gives 'somania'.
'dip'+'somania'='DIPSOMANIA'

'creates' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dipsomania that I've seen before include "Problem for lush" , "Having huge thirst" , "Compulsive desire for alcohol" , "Boozer's compulsion" , "Alcoholism - so dim a pain (anag)" .)

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