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Music for dancing bears spanning prohibition era (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

habaneras

'music for dancing' is the definition.
(type of Cuban dance music)

'bears spanning prohibition era' is the wordplay.
'bears' becomes 'has' (bear can mean to have or carry).
'spanning' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'prohibition' becomes 'ban' (ban is a kind of prohibition).
'ban'+'era'='banera'
'has' going around 'banera' is 'HABANERAS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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