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Moose silently dances without any passion (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emotionlessly

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'without any passion' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'moose silently dances' is the wordplay.
'dances' is an anagram indicator.
'moose'+'silently'='moosesilently'
'moosesilently' is an anagram of 'EMOTIONLESSLY'.

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