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Portly fellow joining church routine (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

round dance

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'routine' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'portly fellow joining church' is the wordplay.
'portly' becomes 'round' (portly means round or plump).
'fellow' becomes 'dan' (man's name).
'joining' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'round'+'dan'+'ce'='ROUND DANCE'

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(Other definitions for round dance that I've seen before include "Steps" , "composition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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