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Rocky could be nude, say, dancing around top of table (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unsteady

'rocky' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nude say dancing around top of table' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'top of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'table' is 't'.
'nude'+'say'='nudesay'
'nudesay' with letters rearranged gives 'unseady'.
'unseady' going around 't' is 'UNSTEADY'.

'could be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for unsteady that I've seen before include "Wavering" , "occasional girlfriend?" , "Shaky" , "Liable to shake" , "Rocky" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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