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Society dance which includes tango, say, for one throwing a ball (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

shot putter

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'one throwing a ball' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'society dance which includes tango say' is the wordplay.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'dance' becomes 'hop' (hop is a kind of dance).
'which includes' indicates putting letters inside.
'tango' becomes 'T' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'say' becomes 'utter' (to utter something is to speak or say it).
'hop' going around 't' is 'hotp'.
's'+'hotp'+'utter'='SHOT-PUTTER'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for shot putter that I've seen before include "Sportsman" , "Competitor throwing" , "Fifteen [ATHLETE]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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