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Naughty promises in burlesque? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impression

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'burlesque?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'naughty promises in' is the wordplay.
'naughty' is an anagram indicator.
'promises'+'in'='promisesin'
'promisesin' with letters rearranged gives 'IMPRESSION'.

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(Other definitions for impression that I've seen before include "Imitation (of a person)" , "Feeling; print" , "Mark" , "opinion" , "take-off" .)

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