Priest guards naughty steps in Rio (7)

I believe the answer is:

lambada

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'steps in rio' is the definition.
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'priest guards naughty' is the wordplay.
'priest' becomes 'lama' (lama is a kind of priest).
'guards' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are guarded).
'naughty' becomes 'bad' (badly behaved).
'lama' enclosing 'bad' is 'LAMBADA'.

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(Other definitions for lambada that I've seen before include "raunchy dance" , "Fast Brazilian 3 dn" , "Fast Brazilian dance - mad Baal (anag)" , "dance in South America" , "number of Brazilian revellers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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