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Quick pint emptied after school dance in America (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prompt

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'quick' is the definition.
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'pint emptied after school dance in america' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'pint' could be 'pt' (abbreviation) and 'pt' is found in the answer.
'dance' could be 'prom' (prom is a kind of dance) and 'prom' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for prompt that I've seen before include "Quick - cue" , "Immediate - supply forgotten words" , "Urge - done without delay" , "Spurs do this" , "On the dot" .)

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