Old songwriter has butchers dancing (8)

I believe the answer is:

schubert

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'old songwriter' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'butchers dancing' is the wordplay.
'dancing' is an anagram indicator.
'butchers' with letters rearranged gives 'SCHUBERT'.

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for schubert that I've seen before include "Austrian composer, d. 1828" , "barman" , "Franz --, his Unfinished symphony is famous" , "Franz -, Austrian composer (Trout Quintet, etc)" , "Franz --, Viennese composer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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