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Plays down article on consumer electronics trade show (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dances

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'consumer electronics trade show' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'plays down article on' is the wordplay.
'plays' becomes 'ces' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'down' becomes 'd'.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'd'+'an'='dan'
'ces' after 'dan' is 'DANCES'.

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(Other definitions for dances that I've seen before include "Set movements to music" , "Jigs" , "Moves to music" , "Balls" , "Ascend (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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