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People watching a nude, ice dancing (8)

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I believe the answer is:

audience

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'people watching' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'a nude ice dancing' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'nude'+'ice'='nudeice'
'nudeice' with letters rearranged gives 'udience'.
'a'+'udience'='AUDIENCE'

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(Other definitions for audience that I've seen before include "They observe" , "Formal interview with very important person" , "Group of spectators or listeners" , "Auntie doesn't like seeing one shrink?" , "They've come to see a play" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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