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Sees hula dancing around old pubs (9)

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I believe the answer is:

alehouses

'pubs' is the definition.
(alehouse is a kind of pub)

'sees hula dancing around old' is the wordplay.
'dancing' is an anagram indicator.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'sees'+'hula'='seeshula'
'seeshula' with letters rearranged gives 'alehuses'.
'alehuses' going around 'o' is 'ALEHOUSES'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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