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Ray and Mark well captivated by a muse dancing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sunbeam

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'ray' is the definition.
(I know that sunbeam is a type of ray)

'mark well captivated by a muse dancing' is the wordplay.
'mark well' becomes 'nb' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'captivated by' indicates putting letters inside.
'dancing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'muse'='amuse'
'amuse' anagrammed gives 'sueam'.
'nb' going within 'sueam' is 'SUNBEAM'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sunbeam that I've seen before include "Bright shaft of daylight" , "Bright ray -- bus name (anag)" , "sheds a bit of light" , "Ray of natural light" , "Ray of solar light" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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