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Note everyone at the dance (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ball

'the dance' is the definition.
(ball is a kind of dance)

'note everyone' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'b' (musical note).
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'b'+'all'='BALL'

'at' is the link.

(Other definitions for ball that I've seen before include "Formal dance gathering" , "Social function for dancing" , "Formal social event" , "Party" , "Perhaps a bouncer < 's clog" .)

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