Pay for dance after dream sporting competition (7,8)
I believe the answer is:
fantasy football
'sporting competition' is the definition.
'pay for dance after dream' is the wordplay.
'pay for' becomes 'foot' (as in to foot the bill).
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dream' becomes 'fantasy' (I've seen this before**).
'foot'+'ball'='football'
'football' put after 'fantasy' is 'FANTASY FOOTBALL'.
(Another definition for fantasy football that I've seen is " management game".)
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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