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Sailor not dancing but twisting (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

torsional

'twisting' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'sailor not dancing' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sailor'+'not'='sailornot'
'sailornot' anagrammed gives 'TORSIONAL'.

'but' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for torsional that I've seen before include "with a twist" , "Relating to twisting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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