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Sailor, soldier and jazz singer dance (10)

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I believe the answer is:

tarantella

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'dance' is the definition.
(I know that tarantella is a type of social dancing)

'sailor soldier and jazz singer' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'tar' (tar can mean a sailor).
'soldier' becomes 'ant' (soldier is a type of ant).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'jazz singer' becomes 'ella' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'tar'+'ant'+'ella'='TARANTELLA'

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(Other definitions for tarantella that I've seen before include "Whirling dance" , "dance music" , "Lively Neapolitan dance" , "furious dance" , "Lively Italian dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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