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Noisy type in car takes channel to overseas dance (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hornpipe

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'dance' is the definition.
(I know that hornpipe is a type of folk dance)

'noisy type in car takes channel to overseas' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'channel' could be 'pipe' (pipe is a kind of channel) and 'pipe' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'horn' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for hornpipe that I've seen before include "piece of music for an > old dance" , "Lively jig" , "Lively solo dance associated with sailors" , "Lively old sailors' dance" , "Obsolete instrument: naval dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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