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Shout and dance, say (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bawl

'shout' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dance say' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'ball' sounds like 'BAWL'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bawl that I've seen before include "Shout or cry noisily" , "Shout; sounds like dance" , "yell" , "Weep noisily" , "Cry loudly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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