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One who legs it if Rob dances badly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absconder

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'one who legs it' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'rob dances badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'rob'+'dances'='robdances'
'robdances' anagrammed gives 'ABSCONDER'.

'if' is the link.

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(Other definitions for absconder that I've seen before include "Arrest evader" , "Runaway" , "runner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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